{"product_id":"i-was-a-first-alto-in-the-1980s-poems","title":"I Was a First Alto in the 1980s: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishingly insightful and deeply felt collection of poems that meditate on time and the many stages of a woman's life\u0026amp;mdash;from girlhood to adolescence, from being a young wife and mother, to seeing your children grow up and depart\u0026amp;mdash;by the celebrated poet and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Working Girl Can't Win\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The strength of Garrison\u0026amp;rsquo;s poems is their ordinariness, in both language and subject matter. They are not pretentious. They speak to the reader directly: this is a conversation with a likable next-door neighbor.\"\u0026amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Garrison broke open the doors of poetry with \u003ci\u003eA Working Girl Can't Win\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a highbrow analogue to \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e,\u0026amp;rdquo; and then spoke profoundly to a changed post-9-11 world as she wrote of raising a family in \u003ci\u003eThe Second Child\u003c\/i\u003e. Now she returns with an extraordinary new collection, inviting readers into her poems again in her conversational style like a wise, welcoming friend. But beneath this seeming simplicity is a recognition that is far from simple, for each poem in these pages investigates the most elusive element of our lives\u0026amp;mdash;the slippery power of time, and how it shapes our perception of who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poet is a girl, innocently reaching for the adult novels on her parents\u0026amp;rsquo; bookcase; in a blink, she\u0026amp;rsquo;s a college singer; then she\u0026amp;rsquo;s a young wife in the city, late for work. She\u0026amp;rsquo;s a mother at the kitchen sink, overhearing her daughter studying with her boyfriend; she's in the hospital holding her own mother's hand in her final days. Past eras collide in poetry\u0026amp;rsquo;s eternal present, as Garrison candidly illuminates a woman\u0026amp;rsquo;s most private moments, giving them language and meaning while revealing the startling beauty of life itself. Taken together, the poems of \u003ci\u003eI Was a First Alto in the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e show why Garrison is a treasured American poet, one of exceptional intelligence and literary gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":49728052297955,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781400063604","price":157.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781400063604.jpg?v=1789303172","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/i-was-a-first-alto-in-the-1980s-poems","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}