{"product_id":"9781852355814","title":"The View from Here","description":". . . and into the stillness \/ comes my knowing: we carry our daughters until they are too light to bear, then we carry our mothers; they are heavy as air.' I loved my life with a fierce joy,' Sara Berkeley proclaims in her follow up to Strawberry Thief, a book singled out by Dermot Bolger for its extraordinarily vivid freshness and sharp focus' by a unique and crystal clear Irish voice'. Since she published her first collection Sara Berkeley has been a distinctive, vibrant witness to the way people live. The View from Here is a compendium of her observations. Her habit of laughter \/ in the face of despair \/ will not be broken', because her tremulous, sensual poetry is built around a strong backbone. Again and again she finds reasons to march down Main Street \/ in your boots with your trumpet \/ and your heart in a suitcase'. Whether she considers Ireland from afar or her adopted California home, night horses or her young daughter, How It Will End' or a belovèd local cinema where when the lights go down . . . the music wears its white dress down the aisle', these bewitching poems resonate with thrilling details and surprise.","brand":"Gallery Press, The, Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173238980848,"sku":"9781852355814","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781852355814_p0.jpg?v=1763596922","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781852355814","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}