{"product_id":"emerald-ruth-padel-9781784741075","title":"Emerald","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn elegy to a lost mother, Emerald is the moving new collection from prize-winning poet Ruth Padel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Here in deep earth, the black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eblossom of mourning still sifting within me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI remembered that emerald was my birthstone \u003c\/i\u003e...' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrize-winning poet Ruth Padel's heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety-seven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the riches of emerald lore, Padel follows the glint of green - 'green for awakening \/ for bringing life back from the dead' - from memories of her mother, a naturalist, to the black honeycomb of a Colombian emerald mine and sunset-pink of the Emerald City, Jaipur. Beneath everything shines the jewel itself, 'the only stone in which the flaws are prized'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully carved and cadenced, \u003ci\u003eEmerald\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving chronicle of value and loss, and a celebration of all that is precious in the life that remains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Padel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784741078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784741075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.26d","brand":"Ruth Padel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486051905791,"sku":"9781784741075","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f896db60-1705-4566-8c32-f9b8cbfb0eb5.jpg?v=1778053347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emerald-ruth-padel-9781784741075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}