{"product_id":"the-world-sideways-scott-hertzog-9798996437511","title":"The World Sideways: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat remains after the years pass?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mother singing hymns in a farmhouse kitchen. A father teaching life lessons beneath a car. A wife descending the stairs before dawn. Cornfields shrouded in fog. A forgotten conversation. A child's misunderstanding. The quiet rituals that become a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe World Sideways\u003c\/em\u003e, Scott Hertzog explores the moments that often go unnoticed-the ordinary encounters that leave lasting imprints on who we become. Drawing from rural Pennsylvania, family history, faith, marriage, travel, humor, and loss, these poems transform familiar landscapes into places of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between memory and reflection, childhood and adulthood, certainty and doubt, Hertzog's poems examine the people, places, and experiences that shape a life. A mother's unexpected rebuke, a father's hard-earned wisdom, the tenderness of a lasting marriage, the complexities of faith, and the changing landscapes of home all find expression in poems that are by turns nostalgic, questioning, humorous, and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the fields, farms, and small communities of Lancaster County yet reaching toward universal human experiences, \u003cem\u003eThe World Sideways\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to slow down, look closer, and discover the extraordinary hidden within the familiar. These poems remind us that life's deepest truths are often found not in grand events, but in the traces they leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth intimate and expansive, \u003cem\u003eThe World Sideways\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection about memory, love, family, place, and the enduring marks we leave on one another as we move through the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Hertzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996437511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ember \u0026amp; Laurel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Scott Hertzog","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997776425215,"sku":"9798996437511","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-sideways-scott-hertzog-9798996437511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}