{"title":"Kathy Fagan","description":"\u003cp\u003eKathy Fagan’s work invites readers into a nuanced exploration of human experience through a lyrical and evocative lens. Her writing captures the delicate balance between everyday moments and profound emotions, often reflecting on themes of memory, identity, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the complexities of arts and culture, Fagan’s books offer a richly textured reading experience that resonates with both contemplation and vivid imagery. Expect a thoughtful journey through language that honours both the personal and the universal.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bad-hobby-by-kathy-fagan-9781571315458","title":"Bad Hobby","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Kingsley Tufts Award finalist Kathy Fagan comes \u003cem\u003eBad Hobby\u003c\/em\u003e, a perceptive collection focused on memory, class, and might-have-beens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a working-class family that considers sensitivity a \"fatal diagnosis,\" how does a child grow up to be a poet? What happens when a body \"meant to bend \u0026amp; breed\" opts not to, then finds itself performing the labour of care regardless? Why do we think our \"common griefs\" so singular? \u003cem\u003eBad Hobby\u003c\/em\u003e is a hard-earned meditation on questions like these—a dreamscape speckled with swans, ghosts, and weather updates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFagan writes with a kind of practical empathy, lamenting pain and brutality while knowing, also, their inevitability. A dementing father, a squirrel limp in the talons of a hawk, a \"child who won't ever get born\": with age, Fagan posits, the impact of ordeals like these changes. Loss becomes instructive. Solitude becomes a shared experience. \"You think your one life precious—\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd \u003cem\u003eBad Hobby\u003c\/em\u003e thinks—hard. About lineage, about caregiving. About time. It paces \"inside its head, gazing skyward for a noun or phrase to \/ shatter the glass of our locked cars \u0026amp; save us.\" And it does want to save us, or at least lift us, even in the face of immense bleakness, or loneliness, or the body changing, failing. \"Don't worry, baby,\" Fagan tells us, the sparrow at her window. \"We're okay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595764515052,"sku":"9781571315458","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781571315458-bad-hobby.jpg?v=1777906059"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/kathy-fagan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}