{"product_id":"ancestral-lines-jeremy-hooker-9781848615083","title":"Ancestral Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAncestral Lines\u003c\/em\u003e is a sequence of poems about 'the river of desire' that flows through the lives of a family. In these poems Jeremy Hooker recalls his parents and grandparents, and an elusive great grandfather. He both honours the mystery of personal identity, and celebrates the oneness of life through the 'lines' of generations. The sequence conveys a strong sense of places in the south of England, but in a special sense: it is grounded upon experience of 'the places that live in people', places that are a 'medium of sharing'. A concern with both the gifts and limits of 'seeing' in the sequence takes its bearings from his father's landscape paintings. [...] The figures that appear in the poems are not ghosts; the poet evokes them as real, loved and loving people. According to his way of seeing, each integral being is only partially knowable, yet also flesh of his flesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Hooker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848615086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848615083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"Jeremy Hooker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486200410367,"sku":"9781848615083","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a78db29-2a83-41e4-947b-eb17b5a893bc.jpg?v=1778054317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancestral-lines-jeremy-hooker-9781848615083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}