{"product_id":"inheritance-kerry-lee-powell-9781927428795","title":"Inheritance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful ... full of dark nostalgia.\"--\u003cb\u003eNathan Englander\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lifeboat \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll night in his lifeboat my father sang\u003cbr\u003eto keep the voices of the other men\u003cbr\u003ewho cried in the wreckage from reaching him, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehe sang what he knew of the requiem, \u003cbr\u003eof the hit parade and the bits of hymns, \u003cbr\u003ehe sang until he would never sing again, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003escalding his raw throat with sea-water\u003cbr\u003euntil his ribs heaved, until the salt\u003cbr\u003ewept from his eyes on dry land, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eflecked at his lips in his squalling rages, \u003cbr\u003estreaked the sheets in his night sweats\u003cbr\u003eas night after night the reassembled ship \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003escattered its parts on the shore of his bed, \u003cbr\u003eand the lifeboat eased him out again\u003cbr\u003eto drown each night among singing men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by a shipwreck endured by her father during the Second World War, and by his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder and eventual suicide, \u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful poetic debut by the winner of the 2013 \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Contest and \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e Far Horizons Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry-Lee Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927428793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927428795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Kerry-Lee Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305437282559,"sku":"9781927428795","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_003ff923-12d2-4c89-b1d9-76254998a2b8.jpg?v=1758830877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inheritance-kerry-lee-powell-9781927428795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}