{"product_id":"five-fifty-five-by-maura-dooley-9781780376578","title":"Five Fifty-Five","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Fifty-Five\u003c\/i\u003e presents quizzical poems concerned with time and mortality, asking fundamental questions about our lives, such as \u003ci\u003eWhere have you gone?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho were you anyway?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her first new collection since \u003ci\u003eThe Silvering\u003c\/i\u003e, the author tries to find answers through conversations with figures like Louisa M. Alcott, Hokusai, Jane Austen, Buzz Aldrin, Anne Tyler, and the Great Uncle and Grandfather she never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also poems about the difficulties and responsibilities of translation, both from the written word and in interpreting what is left unspoken in various kinds of absence; empty streams, bare trees, the loss of friends. Yet, these are poems that seek and try to offer consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362581758188,"sku":"9781780376578","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24552193482821.jpg?v=1772894412","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/five-fifty-five-by-maura-dooley-9781780376578","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}