{"product_id":"talisman-9781597092715","title":"Talisman","description":"The poems in Lisa C. Krueger's \u003ci\u003eTalisman\u003c\/i\u003e interrogate the everyday expression of complex human\u003cbr\u003eemotions. In psychological portraits stunning in their precision, Krueger\u003cbr\u003ebrings her observational powers to bear on the domestic and its\u003cbr\u003edarknesses--childbirth, play, sex, and family picnics, as well as abuse, \u003cbr\u003edisability, adultery, and mental illness. We see how intimacy is laced with\u003cbr\u003euncertainty, how the bonds between us can be a form of bondage. Life's long arc\u003cbr\u003eis considered, from the early developmental stages of attachment and\u003cbr\u003eindividuation to the existential dramas of purpose and meaning in middle and\u003cbr\u003eold age. What emerges is a study in the mystery of survival, in how we move beyond\u003cbr\u003ethe broken places in ourselves. These poems magnify small, everyday redemptions\u003cbr\u003eas signs--talismans--of human potential, and ask us to think about our choices, \u003cbr\u003eto use language as a force to press against truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597092715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 6.40w x 0.51d","brand":"Lisa C. Krueger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911625703605,"sku":"9781597092715","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8b8f90ca-cb0f-4d1c-9eff-7661edccc47e.jpg?v=1761056938","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/talisman-9781597092715","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}