{"product_id":"9780889712126","title":"Home of Sudden Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2006 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth Bachinsky is one of those rare poets capable of negotiating poetic forms with rigour and testing their limits, while never losing sight of the strange, dark music of what it means to be human. We should expect great things from her.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e is a sad and scary book of punk rock villanelles and sonnets about delinquency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Anyvalley, North America, \u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e centres around the experiences of young people growing up in the suburbs. The contrast of elegant poetic forms with the colloquial, often harsh language of suburban teens makes for a compelling and engaging achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBachinsky creates a gothic landscape that will be familiar to anyone who's visited the suburbs. Here, young Brownies dance, learn to sew and get badges in a series of eerie rituals, and smalltown girls settle down early. Murder, lust, teen pregnancy and a young man's disappearance are all discussed with a matter-of-fact, dispassionate voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this world is not without humour and hope. \u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with \"Drive,\" a series of fifteen sonnets about the poet's trip across Canada with her sister -- and out of the setting of their youth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033885425904,"sku":"9780889712126","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889712126_p0.jpg?v=1763853927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889712126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}