{"title":"Leigh Lucas","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeigh Lucas's work offers a compelling exploration of the subtle beauty found in everyday moments, weaving together themes of memory, place, and transformation. With a delicate attention to language, these books invite readers into quiet reflections on the landscapes of both the outer world and the inner self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the realms of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Lucas's writing strikes a balance between poetic observation and evocative storytelling, making each title a thoughtful meditation that lingers beyond the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"landsickness-by-leigh-lucas-9781961209091","title":"Landsickness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyric essay about young love and loss and the aftermath of a former lover's suicide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandsickness\u003c\/em\u003e explores the inelegant progress of grief and pursues a relentless search for evidence of the beloved's presence through the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, and the science of depression. While full of tenderness, the poems employ humour and honesty to observe the ugliness of grief and the failure of elegy to restore the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the funeral to the office of her dead-end job to navigating the streets of New York, the speaker experiences a series of false starts as she learns to cope with her new life. Still, there is a real sense of progression in the collection's end, even as the speaker continues to ask herself: \"Why am I obsessed with the physics of his fall?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486379917548,"sku":"9781961209091","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/055d751a859ae684a63503ae8339586e.jpg?v=1775779559"},{"product_id":"splashed-things-by-leigh-lucas-9781968507053","title":"Splashed Things","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In my new life, I must learn everything again,\" begins \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Leigh Lucas's darkly humoured and deeply moving debut that examines the chaotic terrain of grief following the suicide of a former boyfriend.\u003c\/b\u003e With startling honesty and emotional precision, these poems tell the story of a woman in her twenties navigating loss, from the funeral service and her dead-end job, to her therapist's office and the subways of New York City, revealing the way her beloved's death infiltrates every corner of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe speaker searches for traces of the departed in unlikely places— the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, the science of depression— while confronting the limitations of elegy and the futility of trying to contain sorrow in words. \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e is not a neat arc toward healing, but a testimony to the unwieldy shape of mourning and the persistence of love in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by Maya C. Popa as winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize for its emotional courage, inventive language, and haunting beauty, Leigh Lucas's \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934234198252,"sku":"9781968507053","price":103.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781968507053-splashed-things.jpg?v=1783907422"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/leigh-lucas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}