{"product_id":"walking-wheel-novel-in-verse-9781636284613","title":"Walking Wheel: Novel-In-Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Molly Fisk reminds us what poetry can do, put to the service of Story.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses and The Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking Wheel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a tender, lyrical portrait of pioneer love and labor that revives the quiet heroism of everyday life in 1875, where intimacy, resilience, and devotion shape the story of home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rich new collection, Molly Fisk braids together the ordinary tasks of love and work in 1875, a century we've almost forgotten but whose human concerns are universal and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFisk describes the journey of newlyweds Phoebe and Miles Imlay from their birthplace in central Oregon to California's Surprise Valley. These are quiet, lyrical poems building a private world of intimacy and effort in alternating voices. From sawing timber, turning the heel of a sock, and measuring a pie's baking with verses of a song, through sex, pregnancy, and childbirth, the couple's first year of marriage working side by side is offered to us in resonant, unexpected detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptivating and accessible, by turns tender, funny, erotic, and surprising, \u003cem\u003eWalking Wheel\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles a self-sufficient era that some only half-remember and many find hard to believe. With these linked poems, Fisk brings a measure of balm and solace to our often fraught, overwhelming times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Fisk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636284613","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45463140040841,"sku":"9781636284613","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_db5d3349-cfbd-46cb-a616-eeaa2f02a739.jpg?v=1774997868","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/walking-wheel-novel-in-verse-9781636284613","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}