{"product_id":"9781772126013","title":"Separation Anxiety","description":"This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet’s homeland. These personal poems enter their stories through a variety of characters and places, from dock builders to dogs, from shorelines to volcanoes, to “mouths soft and humming like beehives.” Other sections of the collection examine a post-Troubles’ experience in Northern Ireland (evoking the lived-experience of growing up with bombs and domineering Catholicism), tell grandfather stories, and show a lasting love for the people, the language, and the land. Separation Anxiety ultimately conveys a message of hope, reminding us that “we’ll be remembered for \/ ourselves, and not the spaces we \/ leave behind.”","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65418175086941,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781772126013_6cc9b619-1992-42eb-9f4c-007486a40531.jpg?v=1789423401","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781772126013","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}