{"product_id":"the-social-decline-of-the-sue-vickerman-9781910981245","title":"The social decline of the oystercatcher","description":"\u003cp\u003eSue Vickerman's eerily prophetic poems describe Nature and the old normal before flood and famine, wildfires and too-close war. Scottish landscapes, seabirds and fresh air provide the setting for innocuous pre-pandemic behaviours: beach-combing, bird-watching, bickering. But the breeze blowing through this volume carries a prescient whiff of decay - an uncanny foretelling of what has come to pass. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe natural world is shifting, changing, not 'normal' at all. Everywhere there are portents: the rotting stomach of the boat dragged from the lake; the disused nests that bring down the tree; the oystercatcher's social decline - it seems even seabirds are in retreat 'from the encroaching edge of the sea'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNowadays all are aware that Nature is the treasure we are losing. These poems from the turn of the millenium are full of foreboding - but who among us did not see the writing on the wall?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the second of Sue Vickerman's five poetry volumes has been revised for current times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Vickerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910981249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910981245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Naked Eye Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.13d","brand":"Sue Vickerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076336644351,"sku":"9781910981245","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb1d0987-ebae-45bf-8a2b-d3f0f698bc6d.jpg?v=1685464435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-decline-of-the-sue-vickerman-9781910981245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}