{"product_id":"smithereens-terence-young-9781550179439","title":"Smithereens","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSmithereens\u003c\/i\u003e, Terence Young ranges widely among forms, subjects, tones and moods, invoking the domestic world of family and home, as well as the associated realms of work and play. He describes the simple pleasure of losing one's bearings and seeing the world anew in \"Tender is the Night,\" and in \"The Bear\" he records the near-magical appearance at a summer cabin of a creature that hasn't been seen in the area in over fifty years. The ironic benefits of a house fire, the late-night sounds of a downtown alley, the smells of a summer morning in the Gulf islands--all of these serve as vehicles for reminiscence, meditation and humour. Elsewhere in the collection, he summons an elegiac mood, remembering in poems like \"Surcease,\" \"Fern Island Candle,\" \"The Morning Mike Dies,\" and \"Gary\" some of the friends who have left his world. More than any of his previous books, though, \u003ci\u003eSmithereens \u003c\/i\u003efeatures poems that are playful, in which language is often associative, surprising and fun. It is a collection that will reward readers, whatever their temperament upon picking it up, and it will also invite them to return to its pages again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terence Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550179438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550179439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Terence Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991049306367,"sku":"9781550179439","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_864a51e4-3183-4bdc-86a6-5408e93fbd5c.jpg?v=1683308150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smithereens-terence-young-9781550179439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}