{"product_id":"breath-taking-paperback","title":"Breath Taking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Smart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching and tender recollection of illness, death, and grief, sensitively exploring the dynamic between the burden of care and the burden of dying. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Smart's latest poetry collection offers a striking meditation on the death of her partner of nearly forty years. Structured in five distinct parts, this deeply moving book unfolds like a tragedy--each section like an act in a play, the individual poems key scenes in a shared life coming to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe language in \u003ci\u003eBreath Taking\u003c\/i\u003e is direct and exacting, with colloquial phrases that animate and complicate the emotional pressure of the work itself. Familiar references are scattered throughout--Gould Lake, Road 38--not as a device, but as indications of the everyday world that love, pain, and death inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate and exhaustive, this generous document doesn't lean on a belief in God or the afterlife, nor does nature's continuity offer an uncomplicated source of comfort. Instead, what is revealed is the unvarnished reality of love and loss--the arduous responsibilities, the fragile attempts at recovery, the wishful thinking that what is gone will one day return. \u003ci\u003eBreath Taking\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound, vital reflection on the end of a life, and on those who go on living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLYN SMART\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six previous poetry collections. She is a winner of the CBC Nonfiction Prize and was the director of creative writing at Queen's University for three decades. Founder of the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, she frequently works with other writers via mentorship and editing. Born in the United Kingdom, Smart lives north of Kingston, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090450731315,"sku":"9781771669863","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Sdz8uLntX19781771669863.webp?v=1789606170","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/breath-taking-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}