{"product_id":"the-english-disease-lydia-towsey-9781911570547","title":"The English Disease","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The English Disease' has been coined as a term to describe everything from missed penalties and vitamin D deficiency, to no sex please and rickets. Exploring recent world events, including the international migration crisis and the British EU Referendum, alongside the lived experience of becoming a mother in a year of celebrity death and continental fracture, this eponymously titled collection examines the condition afresh, post Bowie, Brexit, Truth and Trump. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring notions of Englishness via its title poem and across six sequential chapters, \u003ci\u003e The English Disease \u003c\/i\u003emoves chronologically from the experience of pregnancy and having a baby in a year of general election, through to the immediately arising political events of 2016, 2017 and beyond... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith zombies, cats, undead break-ups, pineapples, buses, breastfeeding, rewritten nursery rhymes and Gothic, illustrated re-imaginings of Beatrix Potter. The English Disease draws upon British icons and family histories - as well as the personal experience of motherhood, Englishness, eating disorders and the undead to explore these, class, colonialism and other themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Towsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911570544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911570547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Burning Eye Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.50d","brand":"Lydia Towsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486283051263,"sku":"9781911570547","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b56e4dc2-6098-432b-8497-b753c70ae636.jpg?v=1778054723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-english-disease-lydia-towsey-9781911570547","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}