{"product_id":"for-one-who-chose-to-kevin-okeefe-9781039136427","title":"For One Who Chose to Die","description":"For One Who Chose to Die interrogates the most fundamental question of existence: what is life's purpose? Written by Kevin O'Keefe in the 1970s and 80s, these poems explore feelings about change and death, love and loss, beauty and pain, and grief for a lost childhood. This collection interweaves structured and free verse poetry in playful variety. The resulting posthumous collection reveals a man both grappling with depression and possessed of an abundant literary imagination: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI could see you clearly in my dreams \u003cbr\u003eLike smoke in the spotlight\u003cbr\u003eOr dust in streaks of sunlight\u003cbr\u003eYou were there\u003cbr\u003eSlipping out of shadows into my vision \u003cbr\u003ePassing through discretely \u003cbr\u003eExisting only briefly\u003cbr\u003e-\"Salubria\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt some times joyful and reverent, at other times bleak and foreboding, For One Who Chose to Die offers insight into the mind of someone struggling to find their place in the world. This book will particularly resonate with anyone who has struggled with their mental health or is close to someone who has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin O'Keefe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1039136427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781039136427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Kevin O'Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453487100159,"sku":"9781039136427","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40b4cc80-80b1-48cf-a2e2-fec5713c70aa.jpg?v=1777300481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-one-who-chose-to-kevin-okeefe-9781039136427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}