{"product_id":"no-obvious-distress","title":"No Obvious Distress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, moving, wise and constantly surprising' Martin Chilton, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Memoir of the Month \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing. These poems glimmer with a white-hot beauty that is hard won, and that sings' Sarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Striking, surprising, and technically excellent, the poems resonate way beyond their endings' Roger Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatient is a normal appearing woman in no obvious distress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn an ordinary day, out with her three-year-old in the park, Amanda Quaid received a life-changing call - the back pain she had been living with for years was actually a rare and aggressive form of cancer. In an instant, life became a series of sterile rooms, medical charts and body-altering treatments which completely upend Amanda's marriage, work and family life as she knows it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetry became a lifeline for Amanda, a form to organize the chaos and pain of day-to-day life into order and beauty. In inventive and arresting poems that explore desire, marriage, motherhood and mortality, \u003ci\u003eNo Obvious Distress\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful memoir-in-verse about Amanda's unique experience. But it is also a tender, witty and universal collection that asks how we can continue to live and love in times of uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54455503782232,"sku":"9781399824569","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399824569_9adf596b-ef1d-4192-9aaf-0842682bd597.jpg?v=1781160348","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/no-obvious-distress","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}