{"product_id":"planet-claire-paperback-by-jeff-porter","title":"Planet Claire Paperback by Jeff Porter","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-01-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617758461\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second installment in Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint challenges the traditional solemnity that characterizes nonfiction books of grief, loss, and sorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Few readers will fail to be gripped by this tragically common story about death and what comes after for those left behind . . . A haunting and thought-provoking consideration of death and ‘how utterly it rips apart our lives.'” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanet Claire\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the untimely death of the author’s wife and his candid account of the following year of madness and grief. As his life unravels, Porter analyzes his sadness with growing interest. He talks to Claire as if to evoke a presence, to mark a space for memory. He reports on his daily walks and shares observations of life’s sadness, while reminiscing about various moments in their life together. Like Orpheus, the author searches for a lost love, and what he finds is not the dog of doom but flashes of an intimate symmetry that brighten the darkest places of sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second title from Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint, \u003ci\u003ePlanet Claire\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey of sorrow that recalls memorable works by C.S. Lewis (\u003ci\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/i\u003e), Joan Didion (\u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e), and Julian Barnes (\u003ci\u003eLevels of Life\u003c\/i\u003e). Porter’s memoir, however, is also playful, quirky, and self-ironic in a way that challenges the genre’s traditional solemnity. Like the novel \u003ci\u003eGrief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e by Max Porter, this is an unpredictably funny account of heartbreak, as if to say there’s something about the magnitude of loss that troubles even earnestness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEFF PORTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Lost Sound: The Forgotten Art of Radio Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer Is Watching M\u003c\/i\u003ee, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Essay\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays and articles have appeared in several magazines and literary reviews, including the \u003ci\u003eAntioch Review, Northwest Review, Shenandoah, Missouri Review, Hotel Amerika, Wilson Quarterly, Contemporary Literature, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Seneca Review. \u003c\/i\u003eFor the better part of his career, he taught English at the University of Iowa. He loves cameras, dogs, and guitars—though not in that order. He splits his time between Milwaukee and Tucson. His latest work is \u003ci\u003ePlanet Claire: Suite for Cello and Sad-Eyed Lovers.\u003c\/i\u003e For more information visit, www.jeff-porter.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556173729953,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617758461","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617758461.jpg?v=1781807585","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/planet-claire-paperback-by-jeff-porter","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}