{"product_id":"staring-down-the-tracks-9781948461481","title":"Staring Down the Tracks","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julia Paul\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStaring Down the Tracks\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poems that gives voice to those affected by addiction, a population that, despite their numbers and diverse demographics, is often harshly judged and silenced by shame. The mother and son of these poems are your neighbors, friends, relatives, and co-workers who need to have a dialog with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Images precise and severe are accompanied by a fragile, defiantly beautiful music as the poet describes the son whom she will lose, over and over again.\" Erica Funkhouser, author of \u003cem\u003ePost \u0026amp; Rail\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Idaho Prize for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...a courageous and generous collection, an essential contribution to literature about addiction that will change you.\" Daniel Donaghy, author, \u003cem\u003eSomerset: Start with the Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Paterson Prize for Literary Excellence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If Sylvia Plath were the mother of an addict, she would write poems like [these].\" Miriam Greenspan, psychotherapist and author, \u003cem\u003eHealing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Box","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45549150961815,"sku":"9781948461481","price":1021.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781948461481.webp?v=1767911612","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/staring-down-the-tracks-9781948461481","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}