{"product_id":"a-dangerous-place-9781946448866","title":"A Dangerous Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly in her powerful, affecting debut, Desautels writes: \"I always mention gratitude because\/people like that ending.\" Unflinching in its candor, this is the story of a woman with two swellings in her belly: a nascent baby, and a cancerous tumor. The poet could focus on the particulars of the medical case, using language from a traditional illness narrative. Instead she gives us the basics, then gathers up surprising and expansive material from various landscapes--the Black Hills, the prairies of Texas, the mountains, switchgrass, and, especially, the neighboring buffalo, to which she feels a profound connection. Desautels' metaphors strike home; they are counterpoints, balm to the uncertainty and grief that make us uncomfortable. The book moves elegantly from its dark beginnings to a transcendent thankfulness. With healing lyricism, she writes: \"And I imagine the white sheets as heron wings.\/And the whirring machines are white eggs.\/And the worried voices are sunlight on water.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea B. Desautels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946448866","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713580241033,"sku":"9781946448866","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_037e1d80-d09a-413a-9a40-a76aa138565f.jpg?v=1719616340","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-dangerous-place-9781946448866","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}