{"product_id":"sparrow-on-the-rooftop","title":"Sparrow on the Rooftop","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Exceptionally brave and urgent\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eMoves, shocks and inspires\u003c\/b\u003e' BERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A wonderful read from an arresting voice\u003c\/b\u003e' DIANA EVANS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRachel Long's vivid new collection is a study of toxic love, crisis and recovery, at once moving and whip-smart, from one of our brightest stars in poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'At first you eat less because you're happy, \/ so fricking happy, the way you are in high summer \/ when you just\u003c\/i\u003e can't \u003ci\u003ebecause of the sun.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSparrow on the Rooftop\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of new love- the summer-like giddiness of it, the ferocity of obsession, and the stark hollowing of absence. Alongside this affair, and unleashed by its intensity, unfolds another story, half-buried, about our young narrator's uneasy relationship with her body- '\u003ci\u003eBlack girls\/\/ don't get\/ eating disorders.\/ That's a white girl\/ thing\u003c\/i\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Desire, indulgence, denial, and transformation are some of the themes that animate this engrossing, at times frighteningly intimate, narrative collection. With fierce wit and uncommon insight, \u003ci\u003eSparrow\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the self and other, and the experience of self as other. These remarkable, penetrating, headlong poems chart disorder and desire, break-up and breakdown, and the hard path towards recovery, confirming Rachel Long as one of the most gifted poets of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gruesome and intimate, alive to the rot, funny'\u003c\/b\u003e SABA SAMS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Satire and play and unflinching honesty\u003c\/b\u003e' RAYMOND ANTROBUS","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Sparrow on the Rooftop","offer_id":46635031527621,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/sparrow-on-the-rooftop","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}