{"product_id":"song-of-the-shadow-of-luisa-mitchell-9781760996451","title":"Song of the Shadow of a Seed: First Nations poetry about family and connection","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeeds are sacred. They are the minutiae of all life, along with Boodjar (Country), Beeliar (rivers), women, and all bodies and vessels that carry living things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell's debut collection is divided into different cycles around the life of a seed - elders, memory, language, hunger, burning, flowering, flight - and the poems within reflect the ways in which a seed, a person and a nation can contain the long history of what has been, as well as the promise of what is to come. These poems open conversations about connection to Country, the resilience of culture, and the complex articulation of identity as a First Nations descendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInventive, moving and accessible, Mitchell's work includes conversations-in-poetry with family members that weave connection and shared history into every line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are a call to listen, to learn, and to engage with the lived truths of Whadjuk Nyungar Country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luisa Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760996459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760996451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fremantle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Luisa Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623622750463,"sku":"9781760996451","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d1b55cf-0ba5-4ba9-bc5b-85087ed384a6.jpg?v=1780433598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/song-of-the-shadow-of-luisa-mitchell-9781760996451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}