{"product_id":"blacksnake-at-the-family-reunion","title":"Blacksnake at the Family Reunion","description":"David Huddle's latest collection, \u003ci\u003eBlacksnake at the Family Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e, shares intimate and amusing stories as if told by a quirky, usually reticent, great uncle. In \"\"Boy Story,\"\" a teenage romantic meeting ends abruptly when the boy's sweetheart realises they have parked near her grandmother's grave. The poem \"\"Aloft\"\" recalls a widowed mother's indignation after she receives a marriage proposal in a hot air balloon. Haunted by the words on his older sister's tombstone - \"\"born \u0026amp; died... then \/ a single date \/ in November\"\" - the speaker in one poem struggles to understand a tragic loss: \"\"The ampersand \/ tells the whole truth \/ and nothing but, \/ so help me God, \/ whose divine shrug \/ is expressed so \/ eloquently \/ by that grave mark.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacksnake at the Family Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e continues Huddle's poetic inquiry into the power of early childhood and family to infuse adulthood with sadness and despair - an inquiry conducted with profound empathy for the fragility of humankind.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807634997592,"sku":"9780807144695","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807144695.jpg?v=1778679960","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/blacksnake-at-the-family-reunion","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}