{"product_id":"useless-magic-9780241983829","title":"Useless Magic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift for fans of Florence + the Machine, wi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eth additional lyrics, poems and a new chapter of sermons\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything to stop it, so it seems like a kind of useless magic.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pop's high priestess bares her soul in this candid collection of poems and lyrics' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A treasure . . . beautiful. \u003c\/b\u003eGenerous in its honesty, by the end you feel as though \u003cb\u003eyou have climbed into the colourful, and sometimes tortured, world of a passionate artist\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Makes the reader feel as though they're \u003cb\u003epeeking into a private journal\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer \u003cb\u003efirst book of poetry\u003c\/b\u003e is an \u003cb\u003eelegant collaged scrapbook\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003etreasure\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eGenerous in its honesty\u003c\/b\u003e, by the end you feel as though you have \u003cb\u003eclimbed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003einto the colourful, and sometimes tortured, world of a passionate artist\u003c\/b\u003e * iNews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePop's high priestess\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebares her soul\u003c\/b\u003e in this \u003cb\u003ecandid collection\u003c\/b\u003e of poems and lyrics . . . offering a chance to appreciate on the bare stage of the blank page \u003cb\u003ethe fineness of her words\u003c\/b\u003e. And \u003cb\u003elike fellow poet-musician Nick Cave, Welch has found a way for the song and the voice of the rabbit-hearted girl to coexist\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003evaried, visually arresting\u003c\/b\u003e tome, it brings together poems, lyrics, sketches and notes from Welch's personal and professional life, making the reader feel as though they're \u003cb\u003epeeking into a private\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ejournal\u003c\/b\u003e * Refinery 29 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn alchemy of memoir and imagination\u003c\/b\u003e * Waterstones Newsletter *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733429006679,"sku":"9780241983829","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241983829.jpg?v=1720000042","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/useless-magic-9780241983829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}