{"product_id":"careless-whispers-oquirrh-keyes-9798234045263","title":"Careless Whispers","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the silence came the fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCareless Whispers is the second book in the Quiet Whispers trilogy by award-winning poet Oquirrh Keyes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere The Quiet Calendar captured the grief of ending, this collection reveals what burned before the ashes settled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 46 poems trace the arc of a decade-long affair - from the first spark of desire to the slow unraveling of everything it touched. Written with unflinching honesty and dark humor, Careless Whispers explores the space between want and consequence, between surrender and control, between the lies we're told and the ones we tell ourselves. This is not a story of victimhood. It's a story of agency, complexity, and the uncomfortable truth that desire doesn't wait for permission. The speaker is not innocent - she's aware, sharp-eyed, and unwilling to let anyone else write her narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough intimate vignettes and stark confessions, the collection moves from seduction to illusion to rupture. Hotel rooms and parking lots become crime scenes. Text messages become evidence. A steel cuff becomes both promise and prison. And silence - weaponized, wielded, survived - becomes the thread that connects this book to the one that came before. Featuring original pencil illustrations by the author, Careless Whispers pairs visual storytelling with verse to create an immersive reading experience. Each sketch serves as artifact and evidence - objects that carry the weight of what words alone cannot hold. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of confessional poetry, verse memoirs, and literary explorations of infidelity, power dynamics, and reclamation, Careless Whispers offers something rare: a woman's unfiltered account of wanting, losing, and refusing to disappear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook One, the quiet calendar, is a Literary Titan Gold Award winner and Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Finalist. Book Three, SHAME, completes the trilogy. \"This book is not careful. It was written in heat - in clarity, not confusion. In want, not weakness.\" - from the Author's Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oquirrh Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234045263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epiphany Blaire Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Oquirrh Keyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517197562111,"sku":"9798234045263","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c685513-36c7-47b1-b6f1-b2b7acd74af6.jpg?v=1778730554","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/careless-whispers-oquirrh-keyes-9798234045263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}