{"product_id":"9781897190128","title":"Passport","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn some ways more of a glimpse-by-glimpse autobiography than a verse collection, the poems of \u003ci\u003ePassport\u003c\/i\u003e feel like a vivid, bumpy trek out of Newfoundland, by bus, boat, and ferry, into the very heart of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into an Island family, haunted by a cruel, redeeming, widow-making sea, Angela Hibbs transforms the plain, moving intervals and sometimes lurid bric-a-brac of a Canadian working class upbringing into something as gratifying as loose tobacco rolled into a mail-slot flier for smoking after a long day. With her mother, newly enlisted in The Canadian Forces and seeking a better life at a succession of mainland bases, the young poet finally escapes The Rock. She takes along her uprooted, meticulous gaze, memorably describing the peripatetic, close-quartered, nervous life of army families and their offspring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHibbs writes a nimble, sidelong poetry versed in the language of exits and pounced-on opportunities. With a talent for capturing the least obvious, most significant detail, Angela Hibbs transforms the plain matter-of-fact into something glistening and enduring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D C Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058382979312,"sku":"9781897190128","price":15.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781897190128_p0.jpg?v=1763610989","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781897190128","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}