{"product_id":"light-entering-my-bones-9781936657490","title":"Light Entering My Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I knew the story already, but I rushed through part one, as if it were a who-dun-it, waiting as Albiso in her well-chosen words and poignant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimages tracks the elusive tumor and its hopeful demise. I knew the outcome already, but, facing her death, Albiso gracefully turns not to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat will happen, but to every direction the soul travels as it lives and contemplates. In heightened language, she explores angels and birds, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrees and light, Judaism and flight, letting each beloved experience count. The last poem reflects on lines from Neruda to lift us finally into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a radiance that can't be subdued.'\" Alice Derry, author of \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is it we expect from death?\" Sally Albiso asks in her poem \"After the Neighbor's Dog Dies.\" In her final book, \u003cem\u003eLight Entering My Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echronicles the process of dying, the pain of cancer treatment, and how to inhabit a body she knows will not survive...What time she has left, she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeasures by the rhythms of the natural world, as if this is the only way she can inhabit a body that has turned against her: 'I cough up feathers\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand dream of singing\/light entering my bones.'...The poems in the book never descend to self-pity, but rather find compassion for her husband, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe one who will be left behind...At their core, these are love poems... Brave, articulate, with a sharp curiosity, these poems take us step by step\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough a journey we know will be our own. At times painful to read, you will emerge from the spell of this book with a renewed appreciation and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompassion for your own brief life.\" Karen Whalley, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Own Name Seems Strange to Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moonpath Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936657490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.32d","brand":"Sally Albiso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671170805916,"sku":"9781936657490","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_37dec6d5-667c-498c-82a8-a6401dca1bd7.jpg?v=1603924744","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/light-entering-my-bones-9781936657490","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}