{"product_id":"the-social-decline-of-the-oystercatcher-paperback","title":"The social decline of the oystercatcher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Vickerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Vickerman's eerily prophetic poems describe Nature and the old normal before flood and famine, wildfires and too-close war. Scottish landscapes, seabirds and fresh air provide the setting for innocuous pre-pandemic behaviours: beach-combing, bird-watching, bickering. But the breeze blowing through this volume carries a prescient whiff of decay - an uncanny foretelling of what has come to pass. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe natural world is shifting, changing, not 'normal' at all. Everywhere there are portents: the rotting stomach of the boat dragged from the lake; the disused nests that bring down the tree; the oystercatcher's social decline - it seems even seabirds are in retreat 'from the encroaching edge of the sea'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNowadays all are aware that Nature is the treasure we are losing. These poems from the turn of the millenium are full of foreboding - but who among us did not see the writing on the wall?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the second of Sue Vickerman's five poetry volumes has been revised for current times.\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 0.13 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120607727751,"sku":"9781910981245","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/85ba6d772cf9539b3b6eb803b3053539.webp?v=1732548312","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-social-decline-of-the-oystercatcher-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}