{"product_id":"the-rented-altar-lauren-berry-9781949540147","title":"The Rented Altar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLauren Berry's stunning second collection follows a young bride through the maze of a Floridian suburb.\u003c\/strong\u003e As her husband's second wife, she enters stepmotherhood unprepared for its storybook tradition of distrust, a pain intensified by her discovery that she is unable to conceive a child of her own. Each failed attempt to create life is a stone thrown into a pond, rippling her every surface. She loses her stepson in neighborhood gardens, obsesses over a bar of soap left by the previous wife, and plants lingerie in her bathroom as handymen remodel her vanity. \u003cem\u003eThe Rented Altar\u003c\/em\u003e presents a haunting series of surrealist narratives, and the poems sing darkly of one woman's inability to steady herself in her new domestic kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949540146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949540147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e C\u0026amp;r Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Lauren Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989057634559,"sku":"9781949540147","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5e01d44-2113-476f-b82e-a2a4c5895dd0.jpg?v=1683297555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rented-altar-lauren-berry-9781949540147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}