{"product_id":"water-is-never-still-paperback","title":"water is never still - 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\u003eJoanna Scandiffio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this hybrid poetic sequence, \u003cem\u003ewater is never still\u003c\/em\u003e, JoAnna Scandiffio narrates the mind of a young girl who grapples with her mother's sudden death, asking, \"\u003cem\u003eDo the dead come back like\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ehorse flies\u003c\/em\u003e?\" Her grief is jumbled like a sailor's tale as she seeks to reconcile what she learns in school with her grandmother's version of history, her brother's waywardness, and her father's sadness. She questions if Montezuma gave away his kingdom to Cortez, if a sailor's tattoo of a blue forest can save him, and if her grandmother saw Cortez through a shuttered door. As she processes her loss, she learns how to steal lipstick, cake recipes, discovers how 'boys whistle at what they fear, ' and \"\u003cem\u003eif you marry an Aztec you inherit sky and earth \u003c\/em\u003e air comes from laughter \u003cem\u003efire from falling.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582166352093,"sku":"9798899902154","price":31.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/hH_s40KDBR9798899902154.webp?v=1773569982","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/water-is-never-still-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}