{"product_id":"mariner-lorraine-little-ancpb","title":"[03\/23\/27] Mariner, Lorraine: Little Anchors","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicador UK, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 23, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritings on family and belonging from an award-winning poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLorraine Mariner's slant humour and eye for the peculiarities of human interactions have won her comparisons to Stevie Smith, that distinctly English poetic sensibility. In \u003ci\u003eLittle Anchors\u003c\/i\u003e, her third collection, Mariner looks below the surface of the 'quintessential English family', discovering hidden heritages and family secrets and a new understanding of what it means to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe uncovers the Greek heritage that her late father had carefully concealed - like many migrants of his generation - reclaiming both his name and extended family as she travels to get to know them. Alongside is the story of a beloved Irish grandmother, whose institutional and migrant experiences intersect with the troubling 'herstories' of twentieth-century Irish culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA transatlantic love affair brings a new rhyme with her family's migrations to the US, while London works its magic and draws these strands of identity together again. George Michael, 'It's a Wonderful Life', \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e and the longueurs of lockdown also make appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLorraine Mariner's absorbing new collection is about the little anchors that hold us to people and places and keep us from going adrift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361787240471,"sku":"9781037411717","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61gU37sHJ7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1791063269","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/mariner-lorraine-little-ancpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}