{"product_id":"thin-glass-poems","title":"Thin Glass: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThin Glass\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds in the after-hours of a city: neon signs blinking, windows open to the street, sidewalks slick with rain. In this lyric coming-of-age, Degenaars writes with clarity and vulnerability about those caught between responsibility and abandon, love and self-erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems follow a speaker in flux-lover, daughter, would-be mother-as she questions what it means to survive, and even celebrate, the in-between. \"Despite all I've tried, I am myself. Still,\" the speaker confesses, reckoning with a self she can't quite shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDegenaars searches for meaning in the small details-hailing a cab, folding laundry, changing in a window. This is a collection about how ordinary life can break us open, an unforgettable meditation on what can't be left behind. These poems are emotionally exact and quietly defiant; they explore how longing threatens and shapes us. \"Who'd hide from this,\" the speaker asks, \"the almost tender-who'd dare?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christine Degenaars","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47281746510060,"sku":"9781594981791","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781594981791.jpg?v=1770308653","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/thin-glass-poems","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}