{"product_id":"something-happened-in-normal-town-chris-shaw-9798865208792","title":"Something Happened in Normal Town: A Collection of Original Poems","description":"A collection of short poems, some serious and some light-hearted, inspired by observations, experiences, people and places, including themes such as love, separation, family, shopping, travel, loneliness, age and mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething Happened in Normal Town\u003c\/b\u003e is inspired by and (loosely) set in Normal Town, my imaginary settlement inhabited by real people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHorse manure on a city street, children berating an old man, an imaginary visit by an author to a post war English pub, a pandemic, a distant railway station platform or just the experience of life itself; all of these things could inspire poetic outbursts...and they did! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Note from the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI live in Manchester, England. I work a nine to five job as a Manager, I am the father of two boys, now grown up and living their lives. I am a social loner, equally happy on my own as I am in the company of others. I have travelled near and far. I have mixed with people from all walks of life, including working class folks, corporate types, engineers, nerds, arty individuals and academics. I have found something good in all of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in my mid-fifties, I have written poems since I was an awkward teenager. Having spent most of my life working in industry, I never felt that I had the credentials be a proper poet, I felt like an imposter, but I had a go!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798865208792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Chris Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083538440447,"sku":"9798865208792","price":9.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/something-happened-in-normal-town-chris-shaw-9798865208792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}