{"product_id":"dropping-the-eyelids-ernest-dempsey-9781615996315","title":"Dropping the Eyelids: Nonfiction for the Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this latest collection of nonfiction stories and essays, Ernest Dempsey takes readers to the darker corners of human consciousness that make the boundary of our collective vulnerabilities. In these pages, readers will walk through episodes of heartbreak and grief, memories of childhood peace oblivious to the violence lurking in future, and daggers of disillusionment slashing the great expectations out of a na?e heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile themes of these stories and essays are varied, due to multiple accounts weaved around real-life deaths, \u003cem\u003eDropping the Eyelids\u003c\/em\u003e can be called Dempsey's unofficial sequel to his short fiction book \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Fairy and Other Tales of Transcendence\u003c\/em\u003e (Loving Healing Press, 2009). However, the narration and mode of the entries in this collection are more critical, self-conscious, and poignant than reassuring and veiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDropping the Eyelids\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of nonfiction for the soul, and at the same time it marks a campsite for the author, who ventures into the creative wilderness-unarmed but undeterred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Dempsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1615996311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615996315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Ernest Dempsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990748856575,"sku":"9781615996315","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_311ce52d-d36e-4202-b3da-678d692612ec.jpg?v=1683306452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dropping-the-eyelids-ernest-dempsey-9781615996315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}