{"title":"Leigh Lucas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeigh Lucas\u003c\/strong\u003e explores themes of place, identity, and belonging with a delicate and insightful prose style. Their work often fuses personal reflection with broader cultural observations, creating a rich tapestry that resonates with readers interested in the intersections of memory and landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks like \u003cem\u003eLandsickness\u003c\/em\u003e invite contemplation on the human experience through the lens of arts and culture, offering profound meditations on how we connect with the spaces around us. Readers can expect evocative narratives that challenge and enrich their understanding of home and displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"landsickness-by-leigh-lucas-9781961209091","title":"Landsickness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyric essay about young love and loss and the aftermath of a former lover's suicide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandsickness\u003c\/em\u003e explores the inelegant progress of grief and pursues a relentless search for evidence of the beloved's presence through the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, and the science of depression. While full of tenderness, the poems employ humour and honesty to observe the ugliness of grief and the failure of elegy to restore the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the funeral to the office of her dead-end job to navigating the streets of New York, the speaker experiences a series of false starts as she learns to cope with her new life. Still, there is a real sense of progression in the collection's end, even as the speaker continues to ask herself: \"Why am I obsessed with the physics of his fall?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486379917548,"sku":"9781961209091","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/055d751a859ae684a63503ae8339586e.jpg?v=1775779559"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/leigh-lucas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}