{"product_id":"swell-1","title":"Swell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘There is an honesty that is both heart-breaking and more hopeful than anything else I''ve read on this subject. She makes me weep and wonder in equal measure’ Hollie McNish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEloquent and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003eSwell \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood – through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the consultation room I stared\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eat the purple flowers in their purple\u003cbr\u003e vase and imagined my insides:\u003cbr\u003e an ocean, a cave, a storm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maria Ferguson’s second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman’s experience of becoming a mother. Against a backdrop of the sounds and sensations of daily life, Ferguson observes her body changing and charts a course through loss and wilting house plants, towards recovery, empowerment and renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender, direct and winningly witty, Swell navigates the complexities of family and domesticity, exploring the contending weight and levity felt in this thrillingly unfamiliar new chapter. Ferguson is a poet as alert to the absurd as to the shattering, and these are large-hearted poems, full of life and thought. Together, they invite the reader to join them in a search for self-acceptance, for freedom from shame, and for a path to stability in increasingly uncertain times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195513446782,"sku":"NW9781802064353","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781802064353.jpg?v=1778539290","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/swell-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}