{"product_id":"wonderland-jacob-nordby-9798181928985","title":"Wonderland: The Other Side of the Mirror","description":"What lies on the other side of the mirror - beyond the world we can see, touch, and name? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFalling Down the Rabbit Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of the Wonderland Poetry Trilogy, Ann Q. Donovan walked attentively through the natural world. In \u003cb\u003eWonderland, Book 2: Through the Looking Glass\u003c\/b\u003e, she steps through the glass entirely - into the bigger questions: human consciousness, the nature of memory, the mysteries of identity and time, and what it might mean to truly wake up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized into four movements, this is a collection for anyone who has stood before a tree \"slack-jawed at its beauty\" and felt time stop. For anyone who has wondered about the caves of Lascaux, the silence of God, the distance between what we believe and what is actually true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Whimsy\u003c\/b\u003e opens lightly - a glazed donut melting in an Idaho summer, a letter of apology to the physical body, hearing aids named for Odin's ravens. Ann's humor here is warm and self-deprecating, earning the reader's trust before the deeper dives ahead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Consciousness\u003c\/b\u003e is the philosophical heart of the collection - a sweeping meditation on the origins of human awareness, cave paintings at Lascaux and Altamira, cellular memory, the dissolution of ego, and the ancient longing to belong to something larger than the self. These poems draw on mythology, archaeology, quantum physics, and the world's spiritual traditions without belonging exclusively to any of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Memories\u003c\/b\u003e turns tender. Frozen sheets on a clothesline. A grandmother's answer to a seven-year-old who asks if dying hurts. A fox fur draped around a mother's neck. Grandchildren who carry the faces of people long gone. These are the poems that make you put the book down for a moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e closes with large, quiet questions - about God, certainty, language, the return of the goddess, and what the ancient Egyptians knew about the heart. Ann is sure of less and less, she admits. In that admission, she opens something rare: a philosophy of not-knowing that still manages to be warm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is poetry for seekers. For the philosophically curious. For anyone navigating the long country of aging with their eyes still wide open. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wonderland Poetry Trilogy: \u003c\/b\u003e Book 1: Falling Down the Rabbit Hole - Book 2: Through the Looking Glass - Book 3: We're All Mad Here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Nordby,Ann Q. Donovan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181928985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Jacob Nordby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173990441215,"sku":"9798181928985","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wonderland-jacob-nordby-9798181928985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}