{"product_id":"fences-9781680270235","title":"Fences","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an overview of life from childhood to middle age, \u003cem\u003eFences\u003c\/em\u003e grapples with fears, longings and insecurities while weighing the choices the author has made and the resulting rewards and privations. Mourn her changing relationship with a neighbor boy, first seen as a youngster running through the woods to bring her a Christmas card, to his mother's arrest for running a meth lab, to his own capitulation to becoming a meth cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Hayley Mitchell Haugen, Editor, Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, observes, \"'Fence work never gets done, ' Denise writes in a collection that expertly explores literal and figurative wanderers both within and beyond the boundaries of our lives, our loves, our comfort zones: sheep, family, tenants, preachers, depression, the imagination. Here, Denise lingers in the spaces in which 'a poem clamors to be written, ' reminding us, 'the harvest is for everyone.'\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListen to the Heidelberg press \"snorting like a stallion\" in the old chicken coop as her father prints wedding invitations. Feel the unrelenting stare of sheep, the black slots of their pupils pulling you in, dissolving you. The world is a strange and wonderous place, and as Brother Lawrence says, \"God is everywhere.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dreamseeker Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680270235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Cheryl Denise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506238099637,"sku":"9781680270235","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_775cf205-bb64-4248-9188-9676e1344c07.jpg?v=1668527189","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fences-9781680270235","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}