{"product_id":"the-given-9780771054587","title":"The Given","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dorothy Livesay Poery Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“You remember — what is it you remember? \/ the feel of home, that moment of coming into your body. . . ”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins Daphne Marlatt’s haunting and multi-layered long poem, which reads with all the urgency and depth of a novel. Set in present-day and 1950s Vancouver, \u003cb\u003eThe Given\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the news of a mother’s death, then opens up to become an intricate tapestry of lives, as Marlatt deftly interweaves the past with the present, replicating the arc of memory itself, while questing for — and questioning — the meaning of home and identity. Circling around the narrator’s mother — theatrical, troubled, imprisoned in the small existence of a 1950s housewife, and a persistent presence in the lives of others — \u003cb\u003eThe Given\u003c\/b\u003e is a ceremony performed for her, and for all “those who have left, who g","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515480138071,"sku":"9780771054587","price":13.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-given-9780771054587","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}