{"product_id":"walking-through-shadows-hardcover","title":"Walking Through Shadows - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven J. Harrold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do we do with the shadows that refuse to leave?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this debut collection of fifty-eight poems, Steven J. Harrold turns toward the places many people spend a lifetime avoiding: childhood fear, broken relationships, addiction, grief, cancer, aging, and the knowledge that every life must end. \u003cem\u003eWalking Through Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, foremost, is not a book of despair. It is a book about what happens when we face darkness without surrendering our capacity for love, humor, wonder, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized in five parts-from \u003cem\u003eEntering the Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/em\u003e-the collection moves through intimate confession, narrative poetry, social satire, and lyrical reflection. Its settings range from a neighborhood bar and a corporate boardroom to Tijuana, Hyderabad, Hoi An, a chemotherapy ward, a nursing home, and Pashupatinath Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross these varied landscapes, Harrold returns to essential questions: \u003cem\u003eWhat do we owe the people we love? How do we live with what cannot be repaired? What remains when certainty, health, and identity fall away?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems are direct and accessible, yet rich in image and metaphor. A chemotherapy machine becomes a cold, clicking tree. A dear friend's final struggle becomes one last hill to climb. A dying leaf returns itself to the roots that sustained it. Humor lives beside sorrow, tenderness beside anger, and hope not as a last-ditch effort, but as an act of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers drawn to contemporary poetry about trauma, healing, masculinity, mortality, resilience, and renewal, \u003cem\u003eWalking Through Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e offers a revelatory companion that does not ask us to look away, but to continue walking.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857864982835,"sku":"9798996626601","price":31.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YtCcfX2GRI9798996626601.webp?v=1793572316","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/walking-through-shadows-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}