{"product_id":"walking-through-shadows-9798996626601","title":"Walking Through Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do we do with the shadows that refuse to leave?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this debut collection of fifty-eight poems, Steven J. Harrold turns toward the places many people spend a lifetime avoiding: childhood fear, broken relationships, addiction, grief, cancer, aging, and the knowledge that every life must end. \u003cem\u003eWalking Through Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, foremost, is not a book of despair. It is a book about what happens when we face darkness without surrendering our capacity for love, humor, wonder, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized in five parts-from \u003cem\u003eEntering the Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/em\u003e-the collection moves through intimate confession, narrative poetry, social satire, and lyrical reflection. Its settings range from a neighborhood bar and a corporate boardroom to Tijuana, Hyderabad, Hoi An, a chemotherapy ward, a nursing home, and Pashupatinath Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross these varied landscapes, Harrold returns to essential questions: \u003cem\u003eWhat do we owe the people we love? How do we live with what cannot be repaired? What remains when certainty, health, and identity fall away?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems are direct and accessible, yet rich in image and metaphor. A chemotherapy machine becomes a cold, clicking tree. A dear friend's final struggle becomes one last hill to climb. A dying leaf returns itself to the roots that sustained it. Humor lives beside sorrow, tenderness beside anger, and hope not as a last-ditch effort, but as an act of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers drawn to contemporary poetry about trauma, healing, masculinity, mortality, resilience, and renewal, \u003cem\u003eWalking Through Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e offers a revelatory companion that does not ask us to look away, but to continue walking.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven J. Harrold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Raven Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996626601","brand":"Blue Raven Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48794064060553,"sku":"9798996626601","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_046600fa-e833-42a4-8b1e-72c8b86c8fff.jpg?v=1793145295","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/walking-through-shadows-9798996626601","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}