{"product_id":"autobiography-of-childhood-paperback","title":"Autobiography of Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSina Queyras\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the 36th annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive siblings, all haunted by the death of a brother in their youth. One winter day, when another of them will be taken by cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuddy is struggling to fly across the continent in a snowstorm to see her sister while she still can. Jerry, avoiding the phone, hits the highway, driving as fast as he can away from his back pain and his son. Bjarne, just back from six years on the streets, is watching \u003ci\u003eJudge Judy\u003c\/i\u003e, trying to quiet the voices in his head. Annie is cleaning her mother's trailer and ducking her questions. And then there's Therese, trying to forgive them all before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs all five are forced to react--or to choose to not react--to the news of Therese's impending death, their actions weave a nuanced portrait of a family, of the devastating reach of childhood grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if thinking is all we have at the end of the day? This transcendent first novel from award-winning poet Sina Queyras tells the story of childhood by recreating the mind at work grappling with it: noticing, reaching, loving, and flailing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSina Queyras\u003c\/b\u003e' last collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eExpressway\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a Governor General's Award and won Gold at the National Magazine Awards. Her previous collection \u003ci\u003eLemon Hound\u003c\/i\u003e won a Lambda Award and the Pat Lowther Award, and she is the winner of the 2012 Friends of Literature Award. She is a blogger for Harriet, the Poetry Foundation's blog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSina Queyras's last collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eExpressway\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a Governor General's Award and won Gold at the National Magazine Awards. Her previous collection \u003ci\u003eLemon Hound\u003c\/i\u003e won a Lambda Award and the Pat Lowther Award. She has taught creative writing at Rutgers, Haverford and Concordia University in Montreal where she now resides. She is a blogger for Harriet, the Poetry Foundation's blog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496686174429,"sku":"9781552452523","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/27PR0Gu-7v9781552452523.webp?v=1771976172","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/autobiography-of-childhood-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}