{"product_id":"the-long-delirious-burning-blue-paperback","title":"The Long Delirious Burning Blue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Blackie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eOF WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eIF\u003cbr\u003eWOMEN ROSE ROOTED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eYou and me against the\u003cbr\u003eworld\u003c\/i\u003e, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against\u003cbr\u003eeach other.'\u003c\/b\u003eCat Munro - who has never taken\u003cbr\u003ea day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying\u003cbr\u003elessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only\u003cbr\u003eof death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village\u003cbr\u003ewhere she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though\u003cbr\u003ethey are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the excoriating heat of\u003cbr\u003ethe Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's\u003cbr\u003esoaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and\u003cbr\u003eof storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, \u003ci\u003eThe Long\u003cbr\u003eDelirious Burning Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is\u003cbr\u003ethat rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority\u003cbr\u003e... The ending is powerful, \u003cbr\u003efilmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but\u003cbr\u003erarely reach.' \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling \u003cem\u003eIf Women Rose Rooted\u003c\/em\u003e and her latest, \u003cem\u003eHagitude\u003c\/em\u003e, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets - among them the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eScotsman. \u003c\/em\u003eHer books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763698434336,"sku":"9781914613463","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9855e8ef1b465774203318019674e14.webp?v=1780239648","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-long-delirious-burning-blue-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}