{"product_id":"9781771669399","title":"No One Knows Us There","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for 2025 Concordia University First Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for 2025 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom wherever I am, I will\u003cbr\u003e\r\nsend word like a golden thread,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nroll an unravelling ball through time \u003cbr\u003e\r\ntoward myself. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning debut collection, Bronwen Wallace Award finalist Jessica Bebenek presents two distinct and moving portraits of early womanhood. The first is that of the devoted, caregiving granddaughter navigating hospital hallways and the painful realities of palliative care. The second is that of a woman a decade older, compassionately looking back on her younger self. In this second half, Bebenek rewrites poems from the first, honouring unimaginable loss and turning it into genuine healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt once sensual, visceral, and dreamlike, \u003cem\u003eNo One Knows Us There\u003c\/em\u003e takes us from the sterility of the hospital into the sumptuous natural world. We face horror in a manicured garden and discover beauty in a suncapped lake. A theoretical mathematician leads us to an elk encounter, the crooked bodies of birds are found in the spring thaw, and we become our own pet snail in a mason jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, grief is radically transformed through plainspoken yet lyrical language, and this keen examination of trauma evolves into a striking celebration of the inevitability of change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Bebenek (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":67704340742304,"sku":"9781771669399","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1ed54f50-9ad4-4a46-92d4-d3520d485922.jpg?v=1792088544","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781771669399","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}