{"product_id":"the-island-rosemary-canavan-9781586540593","title":"The Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Island\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a haunting 1848 journal entry from a man jailed on Spike Island in Ireland: \"Gazing on gray stones, my eyes will grow stony.\" Nearly 150 years later, Rosemary Canavan, a poet and painter, teaches literacy at the prison on Spike Island. How do her painter's eyes and poet's spirit meet the stony gray of prisoners' eyes? Throughout these poems, and especially in her long sequence \"The Island,\" Canavan explores with tenderness and pathos the plight of the incarcerated. With lyrics that seem to be written in primary color, Canavan also celebrates love and children, her struggles as a working mother, and the emerging, vibrant feminist consciousness of a new generation of Irish women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosemary Canavan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586540599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586540593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Story Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\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":"Rosemary Canavan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944590278911,"sku":"9781586540593","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2e0f2a5f-0680-42df-b2f2-833e21fdea04.jpg?v=1681504317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-island-rosemary-canavan-9781586540593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}