{"product_id":"9780692469439","title":"The Zero Years: A Book of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelationships can be exhilarating, devastating, rejuvenating, and terrifying. Sometimes these all happen in the same breath, and other times they slowly materialize over the course of several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Zero Years\u003c\/i\u003e, author Domenic Blair offers a deeply personal set of autobiographical poems based on a series of life- and soul-changing events. Centered on the rise and fall of a single relationship, these poetic verses trace the love, loss, depression, and growth surrounding a passionate yet ultimately unsuccessful romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing rhythmical structures in addition to free verse, these poems openly express intimacy and passion as well as darker topics such as drug addiction and anxiety to illustrate Blair's profound journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken into various sections including \"Her Smile,\" \"Her Taste,\" \"The Last Promise to Break,\" and \"Older Ghosts,\" these pages chronicle a couple's relationship from their initial meeting, to falling in love, to breaking up, to reigniting their passion only to have it left in ruins again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of life, pain, and heartbreak, Blair puts his soul to words to help bring healing to anyone looking for meaning in the midst of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dgblair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50056771993840,"sku":"9780692469439","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692469439_p0.jpg?v=1784732564","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692469439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}