{"product_id":"9781681818382","title":"The Unmerciful","description":"\u003cp\u003eMargaret Elaine Elgin describes her poetry in\u003cem\u003e The Unmerciful\u003c\/em\u003e as beautiful, yet “fairly grim.” Her words were written after “having suffered a stroke in response to being raised in an abusive environment, and of my still existing in that environment, sadly.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe adds, “The obstacles I had to overcome were probably my own feelings of poetry being special to me, and of the poetry itself being criticized and\/or demeaned.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer highly personal poems come straight from the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from the Los Angeles area, Margaret Elaine Elgin now lives in Oakland, California. This is her fourth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher’s website:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.sbprabooks.com\/MargaretElaineElgin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing \u0026 Rights Agency, LL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059688980720,"sku":"9781681818382","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681818382_p0.jpg?v=1763694710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681818382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}