{"product_id":"between-breath-release-rick-maderis-9798218844028","title":"Between Breath \u0026 Release","description":"Between Breath \u0026amp; Release: A Love Story in 24 Forms\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan love carry instructions beyond death?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween Breath \u0026amp; Release-the fifth volume in The Cartography of Voice cycle-answers this through three souls in purgatory: Thomas and Grace, partners who died in a diner fire, and Ezra, who died at 24 after learning he was adopted, now standing outside their door as witness.\u003c\/p\u003eTHE CONVERGENCE\u003cp\u003eEzra dies saving a boy from traffic. He arrives in a liminal building and watches the couple next door through thin walls. He absorbs their patterns-Thomas's restraint, Grace's panic every Sunday at 12:24 a.m., their rebuilt partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Ezra doesn't know: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrace gave him away at eighteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe's here to witness their love so their souls can reorganize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe will become the baby they lost at sixteen weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree identities collapse into one: the adopted son (chosen, never known), the miscarried child (grieved, never held), and the witness (learning love before birth). All converge into Ezra. Finally born. Finally home.\u003c\/p\u003eTHE STRUCTURE IS THE STORY\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm becomes narrative. Structure becomes meaning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 poems across 12 forms, each appearing twice: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e = Building love (restraint, ritual, partnership)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDARK\u003c\/strong\u003e = Trauma surfacing (violence, grief, dissolution)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eForms as emotional containers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSONNETS\u003c\/strong\u003e: Containment after chaos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVILLANELLES\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trauma loops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEPIC\u003c\/strong\u003e: Love as tragedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCONCRETE POEM\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bodies scattering and reforming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTHE ENCODED TRAUMA\u003cp\u003eThe architecture carries grief: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 poems = Ezra's age at death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 forms = The driver's sentence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12:24 a.m. = The miscarriage hour (12 forms × 24 poems)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoem 16 = \"Counting the Dead\" (16 weeks gestation)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTHIS IS ABOUT: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe adopted son watching his birth mother love someone else-witness as preparation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe miscarried child becoming the vessel for return\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove leaving instructions across death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoosing your parents after they gave you away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat survives when everything burns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCONTENT ADVISORY\u003cp\u003eFor adults. Contains adoption grief, miscarriage, death, trauma responses, brief sexual content, strong language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not trauma bait.\u003c\/strong\u003e Traumatic events happened before the story begins. You'll read aftermath: scars, triggered responses, slow trust. This is about witness, recovery, and what love builds from damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Maderis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218844028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Cuts Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Rick Maderis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664526577919,"sku":"9798218844028","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-breath-release-rick-maderis-9798218844028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}