{"product_id":"the-road-shaped-heart-von-nick-purdon","title":"The Road-Shaped Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"an intimate journey of self-reflection...sensitive, sincere, and skillful\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            --Sherry Quan Lee, author of Chinese Blackbird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            About the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Nick Purdon was born in 1976 in East London in the Eastern Cape province of South\u003cbr\u003e            Africa. After a few moves around the country, his family settled in the Western Cape city of\u003cbr\u003e            Cape Town in 1981 where he has lived since. Nick began writing poetry seriously at the age\u003cbr\u003e            of 27, though he had been writing on-and-off since his teenage years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            About the Chapbook\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e            The Road-Shaped Heart is the poetic journey of a man winding\u003cbr\u003e            his way through a landscape of darkness, anguish, addiction, loss\u003cbr\u003e            and grief; carrying with him a lantern of hope, courage, idealism and\u003cbr\u003e            love to illuminate a pathway to self-forgiveness, acceptance and spiritual\u003cbr\u003e            growth. While often haunting and melancholy, the poems are\u003cbr\u003e            also rich in vivid colour and imagery, with an ever-present sense of\u003cbr\u003e            fire lilies relentlessly springing forth from a razed and scorched soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Acclaim for The Road-Shaped Heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            \"The Road-Shaped Heart by Nick Purdon will squeeze the heart\u003cbr\u003e            of each reader to elicit emotions held tight. Each reader will find his\u003cbr\u003e            or her own life pain and loss within the words spread before them\u003cbr\u003e            like a feast to be swallowed until the soul has been touched.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Barbara Sinor, PhD, author Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e            Learn more at www.NickPurdon.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e            From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781615990566\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781615990566","offer_id":46462596153669,"sku":"9781615990566","price":23.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/products\/678530ba-56a1-41f3-b05b-67b85891d285.jpg?v=1680659602","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-road-shaped-heart-von-nick-purdon","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}