{"title":"Alice Kinsella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Kinsella\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts deeply personal and evocative narratives that explore the nuances of memory, family, and identity. Her works often blend intimate memoir with insightful reflections, inviting readers into the richly textured landscapes of her experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a delicate balance of honesty and grace, her writing offers a compelling journey through life's complexities, making her books a resonant choice for those drawn to \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e that illuminate the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"milk-by-alice-kinsella-9781529097979","title":"Milk","description":"'Sublime' - Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers\n\n'Here is a writer who matters' - Irish Times\n\nI have become the common myth. Mother. The sleepy hum of early memories. The smell of shampoo, of Olay, of lavender. The feeling of safety. The absence of fear.\n\nWhen poet Alice Kinsella becomes a mother, she finds herself utterly lost. As she searches for answers to the question of her new identity, she considers the mothers and writers who came before her. In her inimitable poetic style, Kinsella takes pregnancy and the first nine months of motherhood and forms from them a broken prism through which to view both a woman's place in the world, and her child's in the future we're creating.\n\n'A book about the raw, riotous, brutally beautiful act of being alive.' - Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places\n\n'Milk is a raw, unvarnished journey down the mothering rabbit hole' The Irish Independent","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243120111852,"sku":"9781529097979","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529097979-milk-1.jpg?v=1787980921"},{"product_id":"milk-by-alice-kinsella-9781529097962","title":"Milk","description":"'Sublime' - Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers\n'A book about the raw, riotous, brutally beautiful act of being alive.' - Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places\n\nAlice Kinsella was in her mid-twenties when she became pregnant with her first child, newly engaged and about to embark on a life in an unfamiliar town on the west coast of Ireland. Into this warm cocoon, this big, empty house, would arrive a little baby. And soon Alice's world began to expand and contract in ways she could never have imagined.\n\nWith her body struggling to recover, darker intrusions ran through the days and nights of new motherhood. For the first time, she considered the experiences of her mother, her grandmother, and the generations of women who came before them. She asked herself questions. How does this country treat its mothers? What does it mean to be forever tethered? Forever in love?\n\nSet against the backdrop of a seemingly changed Ireland, in Milk Alice draws for us her own map of motherhood, a crucial reflection spanning nine months of pregnancy and the first nine months of her child's life. Intimate, warm, startlingly vivid and gentle, this is at once a delicate reflection on a moment of gigantic change in body and mind and a powerful, often painful confrontation of the politics of a country so deeply unsure about its women.\n\nOne of The Irish Times' 'Best Books to Look Forward to in 2023'","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243120439532,"sku":"9781529097962","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529097962-milk-1.jpg?v=1787980932"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/alice-kinsella.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}