{"product_id":"a-scattering-and-annivesary-9780374538088","title":"A Scattering and Annivesary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of love and loss by the renowned Costa Award-winning poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou lived at such speed that the ballpoint script \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erunning aslant and fading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eacross the faded blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecan scarcely keep up. Many words are illegible. I miss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eimportant steps. Your movements blur. I want to follow, but can't.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Scattering \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five. First published in the UK in 2009 to wide acclaim, winning the Costa Book of the Year, this moving and fiercely self-reflective collection is divided into four poetic sequences. The first was written during a holiday a few months before Gane's death with the knowledge that the end was approaching; the second recalls her last courageous weeks, spent in a hospice in London; the third continues the exploration of bereavement from a variety of perspectives; and the fourth addresses her directly, celebrating her life, personality, and achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaired for the first time with \u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e, which was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gane's death, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering and Anniversary \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the poet into dialogue, again, with the wife he loved. A moving exploration of the stages of grief and how the \"weighty emptinesses\" that remain after bereavement change us, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering and Anniversary \u003c\/i\u003eshows us what it means to love, lose, and--forever changed--continue on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Reid\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books of poems, including \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award) and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1991 to 1999 he was the poetry editor at Faber and Faber, Ltd., where he worked with Ted Hughes on such books as \u003ci\u003eTales from Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and later edited \u003ci\u003eLetters of Ted Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2007). He is now a freelance writer and lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42806504620147,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6aa2ce96-d025-414e-a735-245eca9852e0.jpg?v=1738234967","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-scattering-and-annivesary-9780374538088","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}