{"product_id":"9781472160386-girl-swooning","title":"Girl, Swooning","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe much-anticipated debut collection from brilliant young poet Imogen Wade, winner of the 2023 National Poetry Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eswoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\/swuːn\/\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003everb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. faint, especially from extreme emotion. 'The girl swooned and had to lie down'\u003cbr\u003e2. be overcome with adoration, or other strong emotion. 'She was swooning over Him'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEtymology traces to the Old English word 'geswōgen', meaning 'overcome'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn the eve of her wedding, a young woman wrestles with transitions: from adolescence to adulthood, from longing to holding, from womb to birth, from life to death, from darkness to enlightenment, from waking to dreaming, from love to grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is only one choice: death or change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2023 Imogen Wade won the National Poetry Prize with her poem 'The Time I Was Mugged in New York City', gaining her a wide audience. Her stunning debut , \u003ci\u003eGirl, Swooning\u003c\/i\u003e, is a startlingly fresh collection about womanhood, love, death and religious experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistinctive, beguiling and compelling from the start, \u003ci\u003eGirl, Swooning\u003c\/i\u003e marks the emergence of a thrilling new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396565311862,"sku":"9781472160386","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40314508.jpg?v=1773326535","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472160386-girl-swooning","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}