{"product_id":"this-edge-of-rain-jane-ebihara-9781639800490","title":"This Edge of Rain","description":"Jane Ebihara explores in tender detail the topography and emotional ecology of her surroundings in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Edge of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e In the process she takes the time necessary to reach a calmer pace of life, \"like that giant composter...doing its quiet work,\" as she discovers how to understand growth and regret in unlikely places, \"where blue sky quiets abyss.\" She is a sensuous reporter, whether recalling her departed parents or husbands, observing a gravid cowbird, or sharing prompts to guide us on our journey. Her words dance on the dotted line between a downpour and a sunny field. Ebihara has great Jersey sense and shares it with care in this wonderful collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Plante, Editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExit 13 Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Ebihara has written an exquisite book of poetry, one filled with both a poignant nostalgia and determined, open-hearted anticipation. We are invited into memories of the poet's childhood and childbirth, hard reckonings with widowhood and loss. Loved ones appear under her insightful eye through changing seasons of the year and of her own life. While regrets are acknowledged, so are the saving powers of the pen and words. These are moving, beautifully rendered poems that will stay with you long after the book is closed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Baier Stein, Publisher of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiferet\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poignant poems in Jane Ebihara's collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Edge of Rain, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eimmediately engage the reader. Heartfelt, powerful, and well-rendered, they touch upon love, loss, and survival. She gifts us with unforgettable lines and images: \"you left me in autumn \/ you have never left me \/ both will always be so,\" she writes of her husband. Of aging she says \"...winter nears-exposes a view of the horizon summer conceals.\" In \"Two Moments,\" an expectant child \"...kicks...\/ pulses toward her fingers \/ splayed wide in warm embrace.\" And, in \"Aubade,\" an old woman...craves \/...kinship with the living...hungers...\/ for morning \/ then morning again.\"\u003cbr\u003eThese poems linger. We are the richer for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWanda S. Praisner, Recipient of the 2017 New Jersey Poets Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Ebihara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639800492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639800490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\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 0.17d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Ebihara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981933576447,"sku":"9781639800490","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af581c68-653b-4dda-8874-d329d802b948.jpg?v=1683258336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-edge-of-rain-jane-ebihara-9781639800490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}