{"product_id":"shamu-splash-solemn-the-creative-writing-of-carole-jayne-stoa-senn-paperback","title":"Shamu, Splash \u0026 Solemn: The Creative Writing of Carole Jayne Stoa Senn - 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\u003eAnne Gerber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmilio DeGrazia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps I have a need for much rougher prose or poetry than I had been anticipating. I've been wanting to write something jewel-like, but maybe what I want isn't exactly the point. The hatchet sank into my knee. My hands were numb from the vibrations of peeling the bark from oak fence posts all day long. First I crouched from the pain, then when I stood up I was so dizzy. It was a beautiful evening in summer. A weightless sky. A light yellow, indistinct sun, a washed-out blue and my lover didn't want to stop what he was doing up on the hill in order to help. So I walked down the ridge road myself and found the simple stream, not much of a stream really. I sat in it in my blue jeans. I tore the leg off of one where I had sliced into my knee, and watched the blood make a delicate weave with the water. The water and sky the same empty color, like 7-Up. -Carole Stoa Senn Shamu, Splash \u0026amp; Solemn - Carole would put horses, rather than herself, at the center of her story - is a necessarily fragmented account of how a talented and lovely young life was ravaged twice by violent attacks against which she had no way to defend herself. -From the preface by Emilio DeGrazia\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329629446451,"sku":"9780996890922","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c6lQOLY0U-9780996890922.webp?v=1778171517","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/shamu-splash-solemn-the-creative-writing-of-carole-jayne-stoa-senn-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}