{"product_id":"9780571354535","title":"A Scattering and Anniversary","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Reid, Christopher \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e21st century\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 January 1800 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER (N\/A) as part of 'the Unknown' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | \u003cbr\u003e132 x 197 x 6 | 124g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together A Scattering and Anniversary into a single book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five. A Scattering was first published in the UK in 2009 to wide acclaim, winning the Costa Book of the Year Award. This moving and fiercely self-reflective collection is divided into four poetic sequences. The first was written during a holiday a few months before Gane's death with the knowledge that the end was approaching; the second recalls her last courageous weeks, spent in a hospice in London; the third continues the exploration of bereavement from a variety of perspectives; and the fourth addresses her directly, celebrating her life, personality and achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePairing A Scattering for the first time with Anniversary, which was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gane's death, this volume brings Reid into dialogue, again, with the wife he loved. A moving exploration of the stages of grief and how the 'weighty emptinesses' that remain after bereavement change us, A Scattering andAnniversary show us what it means to love, lose and - forever changed - continue on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924680966403,"sku":"9780571354535","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780571354535_93d9a6b5-95e4-464e-821f-03b2c38d6cde.jpg?v=1731416512","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780571354535","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}