{"product_id":"five-stages-of-love-aridam-s-dojie-9788197783029","title":"Five Stages of Love: Poems, Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurring the line between poetry and picture book with its highly emotive visual narrative, \u003cem\u003eFIVE STAGES OF LOVE \u003c\/em\u003emarks a delectably powerful poetic debut by author and artist\u003cem\u003e Aridam S. Dojie.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach illustrated, black-and-white spread whispers a solemn secret as art weaves through words and rhymes caress ink, holding heartbreak prisoner while you witness a woman fall in love with her worst enemy, her nemesis - herself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrab a copy and dive into this deeply personal collection of equal parts poetry and art. You're warmly invited - adult you and little you, together - to the \u003cem\u003eFIVE STAGES OF LOVE\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSitting with her grief, intellectualizing it, even as she forced herself to \u003cem\u003efeel\u003c\/em\u003e the pesky little thing through its five dreaded stages of \u003cem\u003edenial, anger, bargain, depression, \u003c\/em\u003eand finally, \u003cem\u003e acceptance\u003c\/em\u003e, brought the author face to face with another, far more formidable emotion that required processing in its own right: \u003cem\u003elove\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurely, \u003cem\u003eit\u003c\/em\u003e must have its own logical stages too. Because how else do you even begin to process \u003cem\u003elove\u003c\/em\u003e through an intense, generations-old war, where it's always you against you - your nemesis number one? And also because what is love but the other side of grief? Especially the love that blooms after it. The love that originally belonged to the despised child in a now adult body, abandoned for far too long for her to even be acquainted with the emotion anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd so, this story begins at the end: \u003cem\u003ea five-stage, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers saga in verse. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eYou think you've hit rock bottom. But it gets darker, and it gets worse, before it gets better. But it does get better. Only, we need to process some stubborn sh*t first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aridam S. Dojie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8197783020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788197783029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morally Red Verse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Aridam S. Dojie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747882488063,"sku":"9788197783029","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b9f4e9d-0f94-4195-af8e-c6ccdb5266fb.jpg?v=1743585010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-stages-of-love-aridam-s-dojie-9788197783029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}