{"product_id":"9781847479228","title":"Skin Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Skin Collection was initially based upon six poems that were to do with self-harming behaviour in the form of skin-picking. As Isobel developed confidence she begun to use poetry to help describe the desperateness of her depression and mood-swings. Isobel finally found a way of using words to put a voice to some very difficult feelings that were not only very confusing but also very destructive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsobel Knight was born in Oxford in 1974. She did a degree in Winchester in 1997. She then worked in arts administration before working in managerial roles in the voluntary sector. She also trained as a Bowen Therapist (a remarkable form of gentle soft-tissue therapy from Australia) and has her own private practice. Always interested in writing, Isobel has already started to write her own autobiography. She also loves classical music and plays the Alto recorder. She also enjoys both watching classical ballet and dancing herself. Isobel is also very fond of cats, and finds them very therapeutic! This is her first collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomeone tore at the curtains of my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy hand is stretched out fully to crisis; I never made contact with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMisery grazes my face; a rope is uncoiled from the pit of my stomach, unravelling down the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScreams pierce the darkness in my head and whistle out of my skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI want him, oh god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a sacrifice I am lain dead at her feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would dance naked down the street, turn Catherine wheels until the flames sparkle the skies and ignite us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJumping Jack in somersault, reach and pull me down,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver and over, I flip, upside down. A flatgingerbread, who has been caught by the wolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn flight I soar the foggy skies that cloud my comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI turn inside out, agony unscrews in the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWax is dripping out of my formless self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe clock moves so reluctantly I have to budge it with the second hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOVE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chipmunkapublishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043177906416,"sku":"9781847479228","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847479228_p0.jpg?v=1763748131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847479228","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}