{"product_id":"light-entering-my-bones-paperback","title":"Light Entering My Bones - 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\u003eSally Albiso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I knew the story already, but I rushed through part one, as if it were a who-dun-it, waiting as Albiso in her well-chosen words and poignant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimages tracks the elusive tumor and its hopeful demise. I knew the outcome already, but, facing her death, Albiso gracefully turns not to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat will happen, but to every direction the soul travels as it lives and contemplates. In heightened language, she explores angels and birds, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrees and light, Judaism and flight, letting each beloved experience count. The last poem reflects on lines from Neruda to lift us finally into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a radiance that can't be subdued.'\" Alice Derry, author of \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is it we expect from death?\" Sally Albiso asks in her poem \"After the Neighbor's Dog Dies.\" In her final book, \u003cem\u003eLight Entering My Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echronicles the process of dying, the pain of cancer treatment, and how to inhabit a body she knows will not survive...What time she has left, she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeasures by the rhythms of the natural world, as if this is the only way she can inhabit a body that has turned against her: 'I cough up feathers\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand dream of singing\/light entering my bones.'...The poems in the book never descend to self-pity, but rather find compassion for her husband, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe one who will be left behind...At their core, these are love poems... Brave, articulate, with a sharp curiosity, these poems take us step by step\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough a journey we know will be our own. At times painful to read, you will emerge from the spell of this book with a renewed appreciation and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompassion for your own brief life.\" Karen Whalley, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Own Name Seems Strange to Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46226080137413,"sku":"9781936657490","price":24.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/LOmjIk6KmP9781936657490.webp?v=1778839002","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/light-entering-my-bones-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}