{"product_id":"the-royal-bakers-daughter-royal-bakers-daughter-paperback","title":"The Royal Baker's Daughter: Royal Baker's Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2008 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by David St. John These poems, at once elegant and earthy, reveal the inner workings of the human psyche and show us that sometimes the best defense against terror is making mischief. \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Baker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e was raised on a diet of stone soup and the occasional leftover royal treat. This leaves her with an appetite for authenticity. With nothing but her two deft hands to guide her, she embarks on a journey into the dark forest, \"where sticks and stones and absolutes reign and nothing, even sin, is original.\" Best Fall book from the \u003ci\u003eMontserrat Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Goldberg is the author of \u003ci\u003eBerta Broadfoot and Pepin the Short: A Merovingian Romance\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCautionary Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Camden Poetry Award); and \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Pursuits \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Violet Reed Haas Award). Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the coeditor of two anthologies of contemporary Israeli poetry, including\u003ci\u003e After the First Rain: Israeli Poems on War and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. Goldberg is senior speechwriter at AARP and teaches speechwriting, poetry, and translation at Georgetown University and at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.96 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750828245280,"sku":"9780299227241","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7787abd689d88dd6a6d6e20d16bdab69.webp?v=1779958750","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-royal-bakers-daughter-royal-bakers-daughter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}