{"product_id":"half-life-9781735400242","title":"Half-Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eFuller's \u003cem\u003eHalf-Life \u003c\/em\u003espans the many years it takes to come to terms with the suicide of a husband and its traumatic effect on the children: drug abuse, rape, unflinching self-analysis, survivor's guilt; the loss here is hardly manageable. The poems look to the self but also outward, to the bird feeder and garden, to the paintings of the masters, to Greek mythology, to the music of a fiddle teacher, to the dangerous beauty of southeastern Ohio's sandstone cliffs. In the face of death, the poems ask, \u003cem\u003eWhat do the living know? \u003c\/em\u003eThey know immense grief; how brutal and dark our human natures can be; that healing requires engagement with the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Ann Fuller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila-Na-Gig Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735400242","brand":"Sheila-Na-Gig Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42983881277577,"sku":"9781735400242","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_694ea43e-f67b-4b20-a841-de8a12ea0807.jpg?v=1726556045","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/half-life-9781735400242","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}