{"product_id":"enter-the-water-9781472158185b","title":"Enter the Water","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ei sat in a chapel the other night in my big gay coat\u003cbr\u003etalking to a god whose answer is only sometimes no\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eno that was a lie\u003cbr\u003ethe house of god was closed the night i needed him\u003cbr\u003ei sat outside on the granite steps of a fountain\u003cbr\u003ehappily pouring itself an eternal supply\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eENTER THE WATER\u003c\/span\u003e follows a young man who becomes homeless when he is evicted from his flat in Cambridge during the turbulent early months of 2022. As the wind stirs, our narrator embarks on a journey from his park bench out towards the coast, wrapped in his 'big gay coat', accompanied by his pigeons, a blackbird and Storm Eunice - 'Nature' in colourfully alive and playful forms. Along the way he searches for a beauty inherent to all of us, and then calls us to reclaim it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eENTER THE WATER\u003c\/span\u003e is a story invested in care - care towards the environment; towards the political realities of recession and the war in Ukraine; towards the dynamic self, the human whose love for swimming becomes synonymous with self-acceptance and survival; and to everyone, managing to manage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalking along the edges of our troubled current affairs, animated by a spirit of cheerful protest, this book is an offering and an urgent invitation to exit and re-enter our world - and to celebrate our capacity for courage in times of suffering.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823246577744,"sku":"9781472158185B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781472158185-l.jpg?v=1785891453","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/enter-the-water-9781472158185b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}