{"product_id":"home-of-sudden-service-elizabeth-bachinsky-9780889712126","title":"Home of Sudden Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2006 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bachinsky is one of those rare poets capable of negotiating poetic forms with rigour and testing their limits, while never losing sight of the strange, dark music of what it means to be human. We should expect great things from her. \u003ci\u003e--The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e is a sad and scary book of punk rock villanelles and sonnets about delinquency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Anyvalley, North America, \u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e centres around the experiences of young people growing up in the suburbs. The contrast of elegant poetic forms with the colloquial, often harsh language of suburban teens makes for a compelling and engaging achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBachinsky creates a gothic landscape that will be familiar to anyone who's visited the suburbs. Here, young Brownies dance, learn to sew and get badges in a series of eerie rituals, and smalltown girls settle down early. Murder, lust, teen pregnancy and a young man's disappearance are all discussed with a matter-of-fact, dispassionate voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this world is not without humour and hope. \u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with Drive, a series of fifteen sonnets about the poet's trip across Canada with her sister -- and out of the setting of their youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Bachinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889712123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889712126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Governor General's Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 62","brand":"Elizabeth Bachinsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48087039901951,"sku":"9780889712126","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfd92066-a6b0-4b13-afeb-c194b7e26860.jpg?v=1769097955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-of-sudden-service-elizabeth-bachinsky-9780889712126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}