{"product_id":"driving-through-the-country-before-ray-mcmanus-9781570037023","title":"Driving Through the Country Before You Are Born: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark poems struggling to reconcile a haunting loss and troubled present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Kate Daniels as the winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, \u003ci\u003eDriving through the Country before You Are Born\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of poetry from Ray McManus. The speaker in these poems searches for redemption and solace while navigating from a traumatic loss in the past to a present fraught with violence and self-destruction. The volume chronicles his attempt to glean some measure of forgiveness through acceptance of his own responsibly for his circumstances. The reader is called on to witness family stories without happy endings, landscapes on the verge of collapse, and prophetic visions of horrors yet to come. From these haunting visions, the only viable salvation is rooted in hope that, out of the ruins, there remains the possibility of a fresh beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray McManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570037027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570037023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 6.78w x 0.29d","brand":"Ray McManus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939690119423,"sku":"9781570037023","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_357c1a71-014d-46bd-a01a-12a912a0fd43.jpg?v=1681442945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/driving-through-the-country-before-ray-mcmanus-9781570037023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}