{"product_id":"9781787333840","title":"Time Is a Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the powerful new collection from the TikTok sensation and author of \u003ci\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow else do we return to ourselves but to fold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe page so it points to the good part\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tender and heartbreaking... Delving back into the visceral themes that made his 2019 novel \u003ci\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/i\u003e a revelation' \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Vivid, brave and propulsive, Vuong's poems contend with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured American spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection \u003ci\u003eNight Sky with Exit Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize and a 2019 MacArthur fellow, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, \u003ci\u003eTime is a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is a return and a forging-forth all at once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Further confirms Vuong as one of the most important poets of his generation' Andrew McMillan, author of \u003ci\u003ePhysical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vuong, Ocean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56676994056578,"sku":"9781787333840","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781787333840.jpg?v=1779985499","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781787333840","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}