{"product_id":"shaping-the-fractured-self-heather-taylor-johnson-9781742589312","title":"Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf course not all great art has its genesis in pain, and not all pain - not even a fraction - leads to the partial consolations of art. But if lancing an abscess is the surest way to healing, can poetry offer that same cleansing of emotional wounds? Shaping the Fractured Self showcases twenty-eight of Australia's finest poets who happen to live with chronic illness and pain. The autobiographical short essays, in conjunction with the three poems from each of the poets, capture the body in trauma in its many and varied moods. Because those who live with chronic illness and pain experience shifts in their relationship to it on a yearly, monthly or daily basis, so do the words they use to describe it. Shaping the Fractured Self gives voice to sufferers, carers, medical practitioners and researchers, building understanding in a community of caring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Taylor Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1742589316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781742589312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Western Australia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"Heather Taylor Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937924088063,"sku":"9781742589312","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aa654582-fe99-428d-b56b-fcf36aa3b5a9.jpg?v=1681432700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaping-the-fractured-self-heather-taylor-johnson-9781742589312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}