{"product_id":"the-life-9780143136019","title":"The Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eAn exquisite book of poetry with a lens on motherhood that's existential, funny and tender.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed poet Carrie Fountain deepens her exploration of the domestic in a new collection of playful and wise poems \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in Carrie Fountain's third collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Life\u003c\/i\u003e, exist somewhere, as Rilke says, between \"our daily life\" and \"the great work\"--an interstitial space where sidelong glances live alongside shouts to heaven. In elegant, colloquial language, Fountain observes her children dressing themselves in fledgling layers of personhood, creating their own private worlds and personalities, and makes room for genuine marvels in the midst of routine. Attuned to the delicate, fleeting moments that together comprise a life, these poems offer a guide by which to navigate the signs and symbols, and to pilot if not the perfect life, the only life, the life we are given.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143136019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carrie Fountain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107745231029,"sku":"9780143136019","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6793487b-afb6-4941-9548-c0a9be19d5b4.jpg?v=1765862113","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-life-9780143136019","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}