{"product_id":"9780571354535-a-scattering-and-anniversary","title":"A Scattering and Anniversary","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together \u003ci\u003eA Scattering \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Anniversary\u003c\/i\u003e into a single book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together \u003ci\u003eA Scattering \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Anniversary\u003c\/i\u003e into a single book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five. \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in the UK in 2009 to wide acclaim, winning the Costa Book of the Year Award. This moving and fiercely self-reflective collection is divided into four poetic sequences. The first was written during a holiday a few months before Gane's death with the knowledge that the end was approaching; the second recalls her last courageous weeks, spent in a hospice in London; the third continues the exploration of bereavement from a variety of perspectives; and the fourth addresses her directly, celebrating her life, personality and achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePairing \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time with \u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e, which was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gane's death, this volume brings Reid into dialogue, again, with the wife he loved. A moving exploration of the stages of grief and how the 'weighty emptinesses' that remain after bereavement change us, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e show us what it means to love, lose and - forever changed - continue on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536549257590,"sku":"9780571354535","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36387268.jpg?v=1774289182","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571354535-a-scattering-and-anniversary","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}