{"product_id":"gloss-wendy-barker-9781732054257","title":"Gloss","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a haunting and, ultimately, stunning, sequence of poems in varied lyrical forms, Wendy Barker's \u003cem\u003eGloss \u003c\/em\u003edevelops a narrative that poses questions about her mother's unusual, seemingly privileged, British background. The poems of this gripping book are punctuated by short syllabic meditations on a Chinese scroll picturing a lone man paddling up a long river toward mountains. These little poems serve as tension-building breaks between lineated, conversational poems and prose poems that describe shiny yet tarnished pieces of family silver and snippets of family memories. Throughout, these poems \"gloss\" the underlying meanings of stories passed down through generations, as the book slowly builds to reveal disturbing facts that had long been hidden. Ultimately, though the book may, at first glance, seem to be validating the British mother's colonial background, with a family history involving a lucrative import-export firm, Barker makes it clear that the damages done by colonialism can cause painful familial as well as global damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732054258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732054257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saint Julian Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2019","brand":"Wendy Barker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069075419391,"sku":"9781732054257","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0880d3d9-2cb9-426e-99fd-344a8a6cc9a3.jpg?v=1685422659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gloss-wendy-barker-9781732054257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}