{"product_id":"what-your-hands-have-done-chris-bailey-9780889713505","title":"What Your Hands Have Done","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Your Hands Have Done\u003c\/em\u003e looks at how life spent in a close-knit fishing family in rural Prince Edward Island marks a person. The book is rooted in PEI but moves from there to Toronto where the malaise of life proves to be unbound to the sameness of small-town days spent hauling gear on the Atlantic or toiling in rust-red potato fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBailey examines the world around him from the inside, observing the minute to account for the vast. These poems are laid bare and free of ornament, revealing the hard-won wisdom just below the surface: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe was there, cooked for you. Helped clean\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe mess you'd become from decades\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003espent on your father's ocean hauling lobsters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efrom its depths, gulping down the sea air.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven when the booze was too much, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eshe knew you were more than the vomit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecaked to your shirt. Less than confessions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emade beneath the red summer moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889713502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889713505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 8.90w x 0.20d","brand":"Chris Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057355354367,"sku":"9780889713505","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87419a8c-99fd-426c-b7dd-f180afa6a4d1.jpg?v=1685046496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-your-hands-have-done-chris-bailey-9780889713505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}