{"product_id":"shrinking-bones-judy-k-mosher-9781948461108","title":"Shrinking Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Selection\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- 1st Place\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShrinking Bones\u003c\/em\u003e by Judy K. Mosher is the first place winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize for 2018. These poems grew from the author's journey with her aging mother and her memory of her \"past paid work-life\" as a professor of anatomy and physiology. The collection is a rich marriage of poetic observation joined with an in-depth understanding of the human body. It portrays a beautiful story of love, loss and grief, as well as the complex relationship between mother and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mosher has invoked the metaphor of the bones of the body to describe the gentle path to the end. Her mastery, the metaphor and the simplicity of the poems focus a unique light on the journey.\" Lee Firestone Dunne, poet\/author \u003cem\u003eLife in the Poorhouse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCocktail Shaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Judy Mosher has done a masterful job of bringing anatomy and poetry together in a way that enhances the understanding of both. An enlightening collection!\" Miriam Sagan, poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mosher skillfully juxtaposes each poem with a description of bones - fingertips, ossicles, orbits, even a phantom limb - to build a framework of tender poems that detail how her mother cared for her, mellowed as time passed, even what made her mother laugh.\" Tricia Knoll, author of \u003cem\u003eBroadfork Farm\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned To Be White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judy K. Mosher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948461102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948461108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.07d","brand":"Judy K. Mosher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113767252223,"sku":"9781948461108","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92e9659a-37a1-4fe6-8ea8-f1f3d118a237.jpg?v=1769617187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shrinking-bones-judy-k-mosher-9781948461108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}