{"product_id":"if-we-still-lived-where-i-was-born-paperback","title":"If We Still Lived Where I Was Born - 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\u003eMaria Giura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Maria Giura's \u003cem\u003eIf We Still Lived Where I Was Born\u003c\/em\u003e, the narrator unlocks the meaning she's made of her childhood and heritage, spirituality and lost loves and draws the reader in to retrieve their \u003cem\u003eown\u003c\/em\u003e. The collection begins in the apartment above her parents' Brooklyn pastry shoppe where she imagines them \u003cem\u003estill fighting, still making us, still together\u003c\/em\u003e, then shifts to adulthood where she learns to stay still long enough to listen for the story, and then returns to childhood where her mother and aunts teach their kids \u003cem\u003eto spread out their blankets and live\u003c\/em\u003e. Moving between New York and Italy, between family and \"stranger,\" these poems show longing and vulnerability, but also the thrill of being young and part of something larger than oneself, of making peace, and pursuing the path you were meant to. They brim with the people and places that have taught her the most and ring with pathos and celebration, from her immigrant father \u003cem\u003ewaiting for her on the corner . . . bread in his hand\u003c\/em\u003e to the sister who \u003cem\u003epulled the music out of her, helped her make her own song.\u003c\/em\u003e Beginning with a journey to a literal birth place and extending outward to many figurative places of self-discovery, this collection explores what lasts when all else passes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731403534643,"sku":"9781599542430","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KkDAsB4Ta79781599542430.webp?v=1763855844","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/if-we-still-lived-where-i-was-born-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}