{"product_id":"the-plague-of-the-tender-hearted-hardcover","title":"The Plague of the Tender-Hearted - Hardcover","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\u003eCindy Frenkel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Plague of the Tender-Hearted\u003c\/em\u003e, Cindy Frenkel makes her way through the maze of family death, divorce, even a brother's suicide without ever losing the ability to embrace joys small and large. Despite heart-rending troubles there is still beauty in the natural world, the discovery of an unlikely new love, and moments with a beloved daughter when night \"stars spill out, \/ enough to occupy the universe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Mary Jo Firth Gillett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her three-part alchemy of plain speaking, suddenly perfect metaphors, and explosive, morally anchored last lines, Cindy Frenkel portrays a family in \u003cem\u003eThe Plague of the Tender-Hearted\u003c\/em\u003e. From the witty to the elegiac, the poems quest for the why beneath a brother's suicide and examine the underside of prosperity. But the marvels of this collection are the sassy buoyant poems of love for a daughter and unexpected love after divorce. Frenkel uses memory, the dynamics of ageing parents, and the legacy of the Holocaust to pierce us with her bullseye poetic one-liners. \u003cem\u003eThe Plague of the Tender-Hearted\u003c\/em\u003e, with its gem-like rhymes, is both an exploration and a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Molly Peacock\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Analyst\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCornucopia: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728999051571,"sku":"9781646627509","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CUQdLlRThQ9781646627509.webp?v=1763798768","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-plague-of-the-tender-hearted-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}