{"product_id":"rescued-light-geri-ann-mclaughlin-9781954353589","title":"Rescued Light","description":"In \u003ci\u003eRescued Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Geri Ann McLaughlin confesses a great love for the broken people, places, and things that can fill our days. Each poem is a small story of possibility woven with a musician's sense of rhythm and a painter's eye for detail. With confidence and grace, Geri Ann captures sound and emotion and moments in time that should crush us but instead make the world beautiful. \u003cp\u003e-Paul Acampora, Author of \u003ci\u003eI Kill the Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAzaray unable to read her incarcerated father's letter but carrying it with her everywhere as \u003ci\u003eif it had just arrived\u003c\/i\u003e; Vick in the handicapped swing, telling his teacher he wishes he could fly; Gabby for whom the \u003ci\u003eworld spun too fast and the moon rose too slow\u003c\/i\u003e; Fred in love with long division, those numbers \u003ci\u003etrapped inside little boxes\u003c\/i\u003e. No poet appreciates the struggles and dignity of those she teaches more than the author of \u003ci\u003eRescued Light\u003c\/i\u003e. Geri Ann McLaughlin brings both compassion and craft to all she encounters, whether it be Alliaria Petiolata or Florence the Mennonite ghost peering in the window. \u003ci\u003eToday, all our small quirks, \/ all our twitches, blinks, and stutters \/ are accentuated. \/ Anything crazy is a diamond-spun maze. \/ Anything complex is alight\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs poet and teacher, Geri Ann McLaughlin has spent her life \u003ci\u003erescuing\u003c\/i\u003e-that is, \u003ci\u003echerishing\u003c\/i\u003e-the light in her students, her family, and the natural world that surrounds us, stitching a patchwork quilt that captures the imperfect and astonishing beauty of all creation. Poetry, like light itself, rescues by paying attention and by honoring what it explores. There is so much light in this book, and we need it in these dark times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Christopher Bursk, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Inhabitants of Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn describing her student's eyes \u003ci\u003edouble-dutching with light\u003c\/i\u003e, Geri Ann McLaughlin might well be speaking of her own poetry. Wherever her gaze lands, from the lives of her students to her own relationships and, yes, self, McLaughlin is unflinching. Of her students' she says, \u003ci\u003ebecause I'd go in like a force and chase it down \/ and grab that life-stolen moment back \/ for you\u003c\/i\u003e. Hers is not a victim's cry in \u003ci\u003eIt isn't fair\u003c\/i\u003e, but a powerful voice which asserts, \u003ci\u003eI claim grapple for my word . . . it stands for survival\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet, more, Geri Ann McLaughlin gives us \u003ci\u003eLessons you didn't ever ask for\u003c\/i\u003e. She gives us \u003ci\u003eRescued Light\u003c\/i\u003e in its complex variations of authenticity, of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Patricia Goodrich, Author of \u003ci\u003eRed Mud, Woman with a Wandering Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geri Ann McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954353588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954353589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geri Ann McLaughlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440196366591,"sku":"9781954353589","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5dd99b9-a891-403e-83bc-65a2ba29bec9.jpg?v=1777180820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rescued-light-geri-ann-mclaughlin-9781954353589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}