{"product_id":"9789053307809","title":"I Belong Jarrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have forgotten the language of my fathers and have not yet learned the language of my children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born and brought up in Jarrow, a tough industrial town on the south bank of the river Tyne. It’s where I call home.\u003cbr\u003eI have lived abroad for more years than I care to admit. My Mother and Father are getting old and moving out of Jarrow, cutting me adrift with no way back. Finally, I have been forced to think about who I am and where I belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI never wanted to leave Jarrow. I always imagined that one day I would make it my home. I realise now that I can never return. Somehow I traded knowledge of the outside world for some vital piece of me. With this realisation, I have returned home in order to try to establish how much of where I am from determines who I am, and to begin to understand why I ca\u0026amp;nacute;t seem to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes Jarrow so special? It may have a rich history stretching back to pre-Roman times but this isn’t what makes it special to me. Rather, its relevance seems too be something essentially intangible. Is Jarrow a place that exists more in my imagination than in reality? Perhaps its essence is based on a collection of handed down stories rather than facts? Sadly, the places connected to these stories are disappearing fast and I feel the need to preserve them somehow, if only so that I can share them with my children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopefully, by photographing the places I know intimately I can show something we all instinctively recognize; that, as L.P. Hartley said so eloquently “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schilt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056566354160,"sku":"9789053307809","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789053307809_p0.jpg?v=1763670365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789053307809","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}