{"product_id":"the-mended-animal-9781970256178","title":"The Mended Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the core of \u003cem\u003eThe Mended Animal \u003c\/em\u003eis a baffling loss that cannot be forgotten or transcended.Rather, in poems that are as painful as they are precise, the radiating damage of that loss is traced from the past into the present, from childhood into adulthood, from one place to another, with each place made \"sacred and troubled\" by human brokenness. Brandon Lewis is writing a poetry of great bleakness, yes, but \u003cem\u003eThe Mended Animal \u003c\/em\u003eis also a work of painstakingly beautiful story, wherein each story's telling grasps at the unresolved mystery of those we love, of the self, of the human heart and its burdens of grief and vigilance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Rick Barot, author of \u003cem\u003eMoving the Bones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage cannot convey the awe, reverence, and affection I feel for \u003cem\u003eThe Mended Animal. \u003c\/em\u003eBrandon Lewis is an absolute master of both narrative and vulnerability as he navigates the reader through profound loss, grief and the slow gathering and ebbing and gathering again of recovery. \u003cem\u003eThe Mended Animal\u003c\/em\u003e might just be the thing that saves your life. It has mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Kevin Goodan, author of\u003cem\u003e In the Days That Followed \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon Lewis\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 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970256178","brand":"Moonpath Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46858635313289,"sku":"9781970256178","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_37717f86-f55e-41cc-a898-e757a23bc18c.jpg?v=1780983473","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-mended-animal-9781970256178","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}