{"product_id":"if-the-water-9781968610050","title":"If the Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cathy Cain\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf the Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCathy Cain\u003c\/strong\u003e steers a flotilla of fantasies and meditations that, with her big heart and playful verbal dexterity, become lifeboats of connection as we navigate the strange, amorphous, and often anxious seas of being.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIf the Water\u003c\/em\u003e is not just a great delight, it is a book of delights: a book of play, a book of thought, a book that speaks the truth of love and sadness.Throughout these vivid poems, Cain is powerfully aware of the many seas of being and welcomes the reader on the journey with a rare and generous hand.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Annie Lighthart, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003ePax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a world of watery light, waves and tides, Cain's beautiful poems reflect back to us our own sorrows and joys, leaving us all with a better understanding that we are all '\u003cem\u003eleaf shimmer and silver turning\/a wild multitude of small tremblings\/a simmering sea.'\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Carey Taylor, author of \u003cem\u003eSome Aid to Navigation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cain's language pulses with musical rhythms, and each poem is deftly accomplished by intuitive forms. After turning the last page of this haunting, sparkling collection, the breadth-childhood, motherhood, love, self-reflection-and most of all the grace of Cain's poetry abides.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Lana Hechtman Ayers, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Autobiography of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46320109191319,"sku":"9781968610050","price":1562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781968610050.webp?v=1768686123","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/if-the-water-9781968610050","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}