{"product_id":"the-distaff-side-mary-leader-9781848618060","title":"The Distaff Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Needlework, as this brilliant book makes plain, has been trivialized and dismissed as mere \"women's work.\" The poems here, however, present the powerful counterpoint that work with the needle, from the flame-stitch to embroidery, is both a skill and a foundation for female artistic expression. It is a hands-on art, passed from woman to woman through the generations. Such passage also entails the vital connections to selfhood, history, meaning, and wisdom. This is a book that syllable by syllable as if stitch by stitch, creates patterns that exceed the confines of artistic form by reclaiming form and redefining it, with a total effect that is affirming and transcendent. What a joy it is to inhabit this world in which the needle and the pen share the labors of love. After all, love is a most subversive expression. This book is proof.\" -Maurice Manning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Leader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848618069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848618060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Mary Leader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080730964223,"sku":"9781848618060","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51459f39-1434-4ddd-9b02-08ac8debd8a9.jpg?v=1685488499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-distaff-side-mary-leader-9781848618060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}