{"product_id":"guesswork-avery-arbegast-9798233450181","title":"Guesswork","description":"\u003cp\u003eLove is often described as unconditional, limitless, and capable of healing anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI no longer believe that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems explore what happens when devotion becomes identity, when compassion turns into self-erasure, and when the desperate desire to save another person slowly consumes the one doing the saving. Drawing on the imagery and philosophy of seventeenth-century poetry, they examine insecurity, sacrifice, obsession, hope, resentment, and the painful realization that love can illuminate another soul, but it cannot choose for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, this is not a book about heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book about discovering the limits of love and grieving them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the greatest tragedy is not that love fails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is that even the deepest love in the world cannot rescue someone who has chosen not to believe they are worth saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Arbegast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233450181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Arbegast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Avery Arbegast","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997944623359,"sku":"9798233450181","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guesswork-avery-arbegast-9798233450181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}