{"product_id":"staring-at-the-park-by-jane-speedy-9781629581224","title":"Staring at the Park","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2016 ICQI Outstanding Qualitative Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed qualitative scholar Jane Speedy’s world was upended completely after suffering a severe stroke when only in her late 50s. After returning home from the hospital, Speedy took to her iPad to write and draw as a way of making sense of her experience and to aid her recovery. The stunning, fragmented, poetic text and images comprising \u003cem\u003eStaring at the Park\u003c\/em\u003e depict the events of this difficult journey. It provides an alternative model of engaging the self in a research project in an evocative and artistic way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly original book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUses the seemingly ordinary motif of the park opposite the author’s house as the catalyst for a wildly creative autoethnography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIncludes three narratives of the author’s experience of staring at the park—a imagined murder mystery in the park, a realist ethnography of the park, and the life story (both imagined and real) of her facing her illness and recovery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOffers readers a poetic and performative inquiry into the author’s new reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607814324460,"sku":"9781629581224","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781629581224-staring-at-the-park.jpg?v=1778174366","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/staring-at-the-park-by-jane-speedy-9781629581224","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}