{"product_id":"9780571354535","title":"A Scattering and Anniversary","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Reid, Christopher \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry by individual poets\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 August 2019 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e132 x 197 x 6 | 124g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together A Scattering and Anniversary into a single book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five. A Scattering was first published in the UK in 2009 to wide acclaim, winning the Costa Book of the Year Award. This moving and fiercely self-reflective collection is divided into four poetic sequences. The first was written during a holiday a few months before Gane's death with the knowledge that the end was approaching; the second recalls her last courageous weeks, spent in a hospice in London; the third continues the exploration of bereavement from a variety of perspectives; and the fourth addresses her directly, celebrating her life, personality and achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePairing A Scattering for the first time with Anniversary, which was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gane's death, this volume brings Reid into dialogue, again, with the wife he loved. A moving exploration of the stages of grief and how the 'weighty emptinesses' that remain after bereavement change us, A Scattering andAnniversary show us what it means to love, lose and - forever changed - continue on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491473998210,"sku":"9780571354535","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780571354535.jpg?v=1753748150","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780571354535","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}