{"product_id":"the-penny-dropping-paperback","title":"The Penny Dropping - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Farish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on powerful and universal themes, \u003ci\u003eThe Penny Dropping\u003c\/i\u003e traces the journey of a relationship from first meeting to eventual break-up.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistance and maturity give retrospective access to moments of revelation which went fatally unacknowledged or unheeded at the time and which now return with an insistence impossible to ignore. But if the penny drops years too late, these poems are their own implicit argument for the value of revisiting our pasts if only in order to acquire a fuller, more complete presence in the now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHovering over the collection is Eliot's final question in \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e: 'Shall I at least set my lands in order?' And as Helen Farish applies herself to the task, her unflinching yet compassionate voice has never been more in evidence. From the elation of the opening 'Things We Loved' to the acceptance and humour of 'Of All My Losses', much is at stake on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Farish \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cumbria where she now lives. Her debut collection, \u003ci\u003eIntimates\u003c\/i\u003e (Cape, 2005), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She has published three collections with Bloodaxe: \u003ci\u003eNocturnes at Nohant: The decade of Chopin and Sand\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Dog of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), which was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year 2017, and \u003ci\u003eThe Penny Dropping\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). Helen Farish was also a Writer of the Year Finalist in the Cumbria Life Culture Awards 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150554337415,"sku":"9781852249960","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aa72c7c3f25d2fa56287d5435db5665b.webp?v=1733200462","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-penny-dropping-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}