{"product_id":"swell-9781802064353","title":"Swell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEloquent and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003eSwell \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood  through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the consultation room I stared\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eat the purple flowers in their purple\u003cbr\u003e vase and imagined my insides:\u003cbr\u003e an ocean, a cave, a storm.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maria Ferguson's second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman's experience of becoming a mother. Against a backdrop of the sounds and sensations of daily life, she longs for her own mother''s embrace, observes as her body changes and charts a course through loss and wilting house plants toward recovery, empowerment and renewal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tender, direct and winningly witty, \u003ci\u003eSwell\u003c\/i\u003e distils the poet''s complex feelings surrounding family and domesticity, exploring the contending weight and levity felt as she contemplates a thrillingly unfamiliar new chapter. Ferguson is a poet as alert to the absurd as to the shattering, and these are large-hearted poems, full of life and thought. Together, they invite the reader to join them in a search for self-acceptance, for freedom from shame, and for a path to stability in increasingly uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515982156119,"sku":"9781802064353","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802064353.jpg?v=1745428405","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/swell-9781802064353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}