{"product_id":"2940157338565","title":"Defense Mechanisms","description":"Highly observant and deeply moving, the seventy-five poems in this collection from award-winning poet Jessica Goody utilize themes of difference and affinity to open vistas into the nature of reality. Whether describing the confines of an iron lung or the liberty of the open sea, her nuanced language delivers unforgettable images of a world that holds more questions than answers. There is pain here, and loss, but also joy and freedom in which the fetters of physicality become the means to explore what it means to be fully human. The poems in Defense Mechanisms cover a wide variety of subject matter, but the main theme is Hope--the triumph over pain and trauma and the resilience of the human spirit.","brand":"Phosphene Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169089044720,"sku":"2940157338565","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157338565_p0.jpg?v=1764094474","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157338565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}