{"product_id":"new-tracks-night-falling-paperback","title":"New Tracks, Night Falling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne Murray Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who can get through a newspaper,\" Jeanne Murray Walker says, \"will find this book a piece of cake.\" Indeed, the poems in this book are strong but unpretentious pieces rich in meaning and feeling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eNew Tracks, Night Falling\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledge that we are people driven and divided by fear. They talk about racism, war, loss, greed, alienation, our disregard of the earth, and our disregard of each other. Sometimes we feel like night is falling in the bright light of day. Yet we get glimpses of hope, of what could be: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this dark time I want to make light bigger, \u003cbr\u003e to toss it in the air like a pizza chef, \u003cbr\u003e to stick my fists in, stretching it \u003cbr\u003e till I can get both arms into radiance above the elbow \u003cbr\u003e and spin it above us.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hope continually threads its way through these poems. We hear its voice as Walker writes about choices -- both those we make and those beyond our making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And we feel hope rising like bread when Walker focuses on the gifts of potential, resolution, mercy, joy -- the new tracks that we can make in fresh snow, on old paths, along the roads more or less traveled. These are stays against the falling night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a keen eye for both physical and emotional detail, Walker explores a journey that all of us are on, and she does so in a way that speaks to our deep fears and deeper joys, that engages and inspires. Tempering somber notes with more joyful ones, she reminds us of the good things, great and small, that are still possible in this world.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757586841888,"sku":"9780802825728","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d35ba3814d6bdb960ba7400b4fc8c59.webp?v=1780105874","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/new-tracks-night-falling-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}