{"product_id":"9781844717767-missing-the","title":"The Missing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Bank Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Book Society Recommendation.\u003c\/strong\u003e These poems are clear, direct and emotional. They do not hide behind imagery, but head right for the heart of shame, laying bare the terrors of parenting, loss, regret, and falling in love with the wrong people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection Forward Poetry Prizes 2009\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Bank Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Book Society Recommendation.\u003c\/strong\u003e In 2006 ‘The Send-Off’, an elegy for a lost child, was broadcast on Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 and the issues it raised – ante-natal testing, grief, guilt, the family, women’s lives – raged on for weeks in blogs and notice boards. But no one wondered what the poem was about. It was crystal clear. The poems in Sian Hughes debut collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Missing\u003c\/em\u003e are direct and emotional. They do not hide behind imagery. They deal head on with the heart of shame, with parenting, illness, loss, regret and falling in love with the wrong people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41689750077537,"sku":"9781844717767","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26351102.jpg?v=1720899251","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844717767-missing-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}