{"product_id":"midlife-hardcover","title":"Midlife - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Buckley Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of short lyrics, imitations, and dramatic monologues, \u003cem\u003eMidlife\u003c\/em\u003e contains the best poems Matthew Buckley Smith has written in the nine years since his debut collection. Though the poems in \u003cem\u003eMidlife\u003c\/em\u003e are not limited to any single project, many touch on recurrent themes, among these the trials of childrearing and marriage, the ever-present shadow of what Larkin calls \"Extinction's alp,\" and the anxious search for meaning that so often attends middle age. As suggested by the epigraph, this is a book that treats with compassion the paradoxical longing that so many of us share with Flaubert's heroine, namely \"to die, and also to live in Paris.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45627966455852,"sku":"9781939574381","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/midlife-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}