{"product_id":"with-double-blade-poetry-so-sharp-it-hurts-when-you-laugh-paperback","title":"With Double Blade: poetry so sharp it hurts when you laugh - 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\u003eJean Gill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean Gill's spiky humour makes you feel as if she's caught you on barbed wire and yet makes you smile about it'\u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eMike Sharpe, Haverfordwest Journalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Strong, fresh, vivid poems from award-winning author Jean Gill, on an astounding range of subjects including adultery, AIDS and the Mexican Earthquake. If you crossed Wendy Cope's work with Sylvia Plath's, Jean Gill's poetry might be the result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'You're starting to smother me, darling, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e you're faded and boring, my dear.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e It's my turn to play with another\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e and your turn alone with your fear.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into two parts, this new edition includes the stories behind the poetry, some personal and some about world events; always surprising.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Moving and varied '\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e- Dorothy Tutin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Jean Gill brings off the rare feat of looking life squarely in the eye without descending into dreary cynicism.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e- HS Milford Haven, Journalist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The author is particularly gifted with poetry.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Wishing Shelf Award\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An excellent collection - I enjoyed the sharpness and insight, the word-play'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e - Robert Nisbet, \u003cem\u003eDowntrain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Brings out feelings you didn't know you had, ' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eClaire Stibbe, \u003cem\u003eDetective Temeke series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377628930355,"sku":"9791096459087","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nGB7jjwgx69791096459087.webp?v=1779325999","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/with-double-blade-poetry-so-sharp-it-hurts-when-you-laugh-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}