{"product_id":"burninghouse-deborah-stiles-9781895488463","title":"Burninghouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is time we resist.\u003cbr\u003eAnd how I have strained and stretched\u003cbr\u003etaut against it, this time, \u003cbr\u003etossing it off in some neglected corner of the kitchen, \u003cbr\u003ewhere it does not belong, can be ignored, \u003cbr\u003euntil the odd moment of late-night coffee, \u003cbr\u003enightmares recalled.\u003cbr\u003e-- from \"hold fast\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from a child's drawing of a burning house where \"there is always the crucial act of rescue, saving somebody, nobody hurt and they can build another house as long as nobody dies,\" \u003ci\u003eburninghouse\u003c\/i\u003e peels away the veneer of the speaker's existence to reveal the hypocritical inconsistencies that lie beneath, including weaning children, decorum in elevators, and homelessness. Deeply rooted in the passing of time, Deborah Stiles offers a clear-eyed perspective on the realities of motherhood and womanhood in an age when old patriarchal orders are in flux and our relationship with the natural world is under threat. \"Now I turn my back on the gestures and the words usually in place there, at the door, and go, and that I do disturbs me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Stiles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 189548846X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781895488463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchorage Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.10w x 0.20d","brand":"Deborah Stiles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442619527423,"sku":"9781895488463","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac7dbfe4-1512-47d5-88b3-33361369a7bc.jpg?v=1777198619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burninghouse-deborah-stiles-9781895488463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}