{"product_id":"a-scattering-and-anniversary-by-christopher-reid-9780571354535","title":"A Scattering and Anniversary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e 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\n\n\u003cp\u003ePairing \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time with \u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering and Anniversary\u003c\/i\u003e shows us what it means to love, lose and - forever changed - continue on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595709497580,"sku":"9780571354535","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571354535-a-scattering-and-anniversary.jpg?v=1777904147","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-scattering-and-anniversary-by-christopher-reid-9780571354535","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}