{"product_id":"once-meghan-orourke-9780393343946","title":"Once","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese poems are shadowed by illness, both civic and personal, and by the mysterious currents of grief. What emerges over the course of the volume is a meditation not only on a daughter's relationship with her mother but also on a citizen's to her nation. Throughout, Once examines the forces that shape war, divorce, and death, exploring personal culpability and charting uncertain new beginnings as the speakers seek to build homes in a shattered land and find whole selves amid broken, thwarted relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom \"Frontier\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e. . . At times, \u003cbr\u003e I felt sick, intoxicated\u003cbr\u003e by BPA and mercury.\u003cbr\u003e At other times I fasted and the stars\u003cbr\u003e stumbled clear from the vault.\u003cbr\u003e Up there, the universe stands around drunk.\u003cbr\u003e I hope the Lord is kind to us, \u003cbr\u003e for we engrave our every mistake . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meghan O'Rourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393343944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393343946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Meghan O'Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046720565503,"sku":"9780393343946","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fbdef08d-fc56-442b-a317-10784d20c330.jpg?v=1684986092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/once-meghan-orourke-9780393343946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}