{"product_id":"evanescent-creature-shavawn-m-berry-9781737054580","title":"Evanescent Creature: Poems \u0026 Meditations","description":"\u003cb\u003eEVANESCENT CREATURE: Poems \u0026amp; Meditations\u003c\/b\u003e explores the wisdom \u0026amp; life cycle of women through the archetypes of the wounded\/magical\/gifted child, the maiden, the mother, and the crone (Divine Feminine). These poems explore birth, sickness, old age, death, and rebirth. In them, Berry unpacks a myriad of experiences that affect and transform women as they move through their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerry examines the evanescent creature\u003c\/b\u003e she's contained since birth, the one who is empathic, sensitive, and fragile in a world that often makes her terrified and exhausted. She reveals the shattered strange beauty of the young woman she was: a woman as muse, catalyst, \u0026amp; traveler in search of all the errant \u0026amp; lost parts of her most secret self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe remembers her experience\u003c\/b\u003e as a daughter, unraveling her longing for more in the face of the pressures of a society that has long wanted women to remain small \u0026amp; stuck living amputated lives. She examines her current role as a caregiver-as her mother's mother-watching as her mother's essence disappears and she descends into full-blown dementia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd finally, she ruminates on her sense of the furious, incandescent, numinous strength of women\u003c\/b\u003e. She raises her voice in defense of the Divine Feminine nature of life itself, of this earth, and its oceans, forests, and luminous wild animals. \u003ci\u003eEvanescent Creature\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of searing poems and meditations seeking to offer solace and nourishment to women as they search for answers to the grief and beauty of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shavawn M. Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737054582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737054580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Golden Dragonfly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Shavawn M. Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598437445887,"sku":"9781737054580","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_211a4851-a433-4121-8398-ecdc31350f45.jpg?v=1702382512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evanescent-creature-shavawn-m-berry-9781737054580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}