{"product_id":"the-other-side-lynne-carol-austin-9781639807697","title":"The Other Side","description":"In \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Side, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLynne Carol Austin offers readers the opportunity to explore the grief, fear, rage, and hope that accompany one of life's toughest passages. In these poems, \"cancer is the puppeteer,\" and Austin provides works that show the compassion, anger, despair, and deep spiritual depths she experiences as the journey unfolds. Readers will be grateful for clear-eyed guidance shown in honest, difficult, and even hopeful moments the writer shares. This is a brave, generous book in which we see the human condition reflected through the lens of a gifted poet.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Martell Huebner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eReality Changes With the Willy Nilly Wind, Gathering Sticks for the Fire, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Thought the Door Was Locked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynne Carol Austin's poetry is deeply introspective and unflinchingly honest. She writes with great sensitivity of her conflicted feelings of sorrow, anger, doubt, and love as wife and caregiver of someone dependent on her presence and support. The opening poem asks the question at the very heart of the type of passage all of us experience, for one reason or another, during our lives: \u003cbr\u003e\"How do we get to the other side\u003cbr\u003ewhat will it look like\u003cbr\u003ewhen we get there, and\u003cbr\u003ewill we both survive\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyles Hopper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading Lynne Carol Austin's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Side, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e we enter the world of cancer. Written as Austin's husband is first diagnosed, we witness lives turned upside down. We watch as roles fluctuate from wife to caregiver with no regard to when or how. Pain, fatigue, anger, and tiny pieces of joy become up close and real. She asks us \"Is happiness always a guarded pursuit?\" And yet, in the last lines of the last poem, we are reminded, \"Understand a little light can seep under a door\". In \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Side, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e poems do open the door, find the light, and teach us to be more than just observers...even if only to share the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryann Hurtt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eretired RN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynne Carol Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639807691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639807697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Lynne Carol Austin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437512798463,"sku":"9781639807697","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4fd9b39-baf1-42cb-ae70-b72e1546ab2d.jpg?v=1777162321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-other-side-lynne-carol-austin-9781639807697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}