{"product_id":"no-guiding-star-paperback","title":"No Guiding Star - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMills John\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 36 page poetry pamphlet - debut of John Mills - endorsed by Helen Mort: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eWhen I read this collection, it wouldn't let me go. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are poems of agony, joy and grief, bringing us the mundane, magical business of everyday life in surreal technicolour.\u003cbr\u003e Tender moments are observed with John's characteristic wit.\u003cbr\u003e This is a collection which explores chronic illness in an unflinching way, but pain is not its defining subject.\u003cbr\u003e Inside these pages you'll find a world of brief encounters, cigarette coloured cardigans, unsent letters, the naivety of water, the alchemy of making jam.\u003cbr\u003e John Mills shows us that we are all disintegrating, but imaginatively, brilliantly, strangely, burning bright.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Mort\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101938159751,"sku":"9781911048459","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cf9c6fe8198dabd62894ad866630213b.webp?v=1732398746","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/no-guiding-star-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}