{"product_id":"mom-in-space-9780807181256","title":"Mom in Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight, Lisa Ampleman explores subjects ranging from the personal to the political, from fertility tests and parenting to climate change and civil rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these moving and incisive poems and essays, body and planet are intertwined, mother and astronaut orbit one another, and the everyday and the miraculous are one and the same. Like a skilled pilot, Lisa Ampleman expertly navigates through fertility clinics and lunar lava tubes, through \u003ci\u003eMinecraft\u003c\/i\u003e and spacecraft, through history and memory and earthrise.\" - Catherine Pierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMom in Space\u003c\/i\u003e intertwines lyricism and sonic play alongside a deep investigation of the history of space flight and the men and women who've left the earth and come back changed. It's a riveting consideration of the threats to life on our planet and the thrills and consequences of our desire to explore the worlds beyond.\" - Nancy Reddy","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534981497175,"sku":"9780807181256","price":17.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807181256.jpg?v=1755858448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mom-in-space-9780807181256","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}