{"product_id":"april-and-back-again-9781945028731","title":"April and Back Again","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidway through April and Back Again, Claire Taylor asks herself, \"Where is the line between hope and stupidity?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking the final year of her thirties from April 2024 through April 2025, Claire Taylor's debut poetry collection is an intimate portrait of loving and living against a backdrop of existential dread. Deftly oscillating between quotidian scenes of family life and the anxiety of raising children amid the realities of climate change, gun violence, and a democracy on the verge of demise, Taylor leads us through the ups and downs of a year that was history in the making. Simultaneously marveling at the magic of watching her children grow and witnessing the horror of a country going, literally and figuratively, down in flames, April and Back Again follows Taylor from the pleasures of life's little moments into the growing depths of her own despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of quiet meditations, heartfelt introspection, and delightful hints of humor, April and Back Again is like the first hopeful signs of spring after a long, cold winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Publishing Genius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945028731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d","brand":"Claire Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403627753653,"sku":"9781945028731","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e36be2d5-be80-4bbd-b580-082126130b67.jpg?v=1774970020","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/april-and-back-again-9781945028731","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}