{"product_id":"the-second-child-paperback-1","title":"The Second Child - 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\u003eDeborah Garrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine years after the stunning debut of her critically acclaimed poetry collection \u003ci\u003eA Working Girl Can't Win\u003c\/i\u003e, which chronicled the progress and predicaments of a young woman, Deborah Garrison now moves into another stage of adulthood-starting a family and saying good-bye to a more carefree self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Second Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Garrison explores every facet of motherhood-the ambivalence, the trepidation, and the joy (\"Sharp bliss in proximity to the roundness, \/ The globe already set aspin, particular \/ Of a whole new life\")- and comes to terms with the seismic shift in her outlook and in the world around her. She lays out her post-9\/11 fears as she commutes daily to the city, continues to seek passion in her marriage, and wrestles with her feelings about faith and the mysterious gift of happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes sensual, sometimes succinct, always candid, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on the extraordinariness resident in the everyday-nursing babies, missing the past, knowing when to lead a child and knowing when to let go. With a voice sound and wise, Garrison examines a life fully lived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Garrison is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Working Girl Can't Win: and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. For fifteen years, she worked on the editorial staff of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and is now the poetry editor af Alfred A. Knopf and a senior editor at Pantheon Books. She lives with her husband and three children in Montclair, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.02 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54054661095731,"sku":"9780812973884","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CY8vDj5xU89780812973884.webp?v=1789030341","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-second-child-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}