{"product_id":"skin-collection-isobel-knight-9781847479228","title":"Skin Collection: self harm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Skin Collection was initially based upon six poems that were to do with self-harming behaviour in the form of skin-picking. As Isobel developed confidence she begun to use poetry to help describe the desperateness of her depression and mood-swings. Isobel finally found a way of using words to put a voice to some very difficult feelings that were not only very confusing but also very destructive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Isobel Knight was born in Oxford in 1974. She did a degree in Winchester in 1997. She then worked in arts administration before working in managerial roles in the voluntary sector. She also trained as a Bowen Therapist (a remarkable form of gentle soft-tissue therapy from Australia) and has her own private practice. Always interested in writing, Isobel has already started to write her own autobiography. She also loves classical music and plays the Alto recorder. She also enjoys both watching classical ballet and dancing herself. Isobel is also very fond of cats, and finds them very therapeutic! This is her first collection of poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e Someone tore at the curtains of my heart.\u003cbr\u003e My hand is stretched out fully to crisis; I never made contact with them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Misery grazes my face; a rope is uncoiled from the pit of my stomach, unravelling down the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Screams pierce the darkness in my head and whistle out of my skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I want him, oh god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Like a sacrifice I am lain dead at her feet.\u003cbr\u003e I would dance naked down the street, turn Catherine wheels until the flames sparkle the skies and ignite us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jumping Jack in somersault, reach and pull me down, \u003cbr\u003e Over and over, I flip, upside down. A flat gingerbread, who has been caught by the wolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In flight I soar the foggy skies that cloud my comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I turn inside out, agony unscrews in the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e Wax is dripping out of my formless self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The clock moves so reluctantly I have to budge it with the second hand.\u003cbr\u003e MOVE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isobel Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847479227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847479228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chipmunka Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isobel Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445805560063,"sku":"9781847479228","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e29f82d7-0302-4d7d-8bad-b3dcfd553ca3.jpg?v=1777220770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skin-collection-isobel-knight-9781847479228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}