{"product_id":"9781636284613","title":"Walking Wheel: Novel-in-Verse","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Molly Fisk reminds us what poetry can do, put to the service of Story.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses and The Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking Wheel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a tender, lyrical portrait of pioneer love and labor that revives the quiet heroism of everyday life in 1875, where intimacy, resilience, and devotion shape the story of home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this rich new collection, Molly Fisk braids together the ordinary tasks of love and work in 1875, a century we've almost forgotten but whose human concerns are universal and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisk describes the journey of newlyweds Phoebe and Miles Imlay from their birthplace in central Oregon to California's Surprise Valley. These are quiet, lyrical poems building a private world of intimacy and effort in alternating voices. From sawing timber, turning the heel of a sock, and measuring a pie's baking with verses of a song, through sex, pregnancy, and childbirth, the couple's first year of marriage working side by side is offered to us in resonant, unexpected detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaptivating and accessible, by turns tender, funny, erotic, and surprising, \u003ci\u003eWalking Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a self-sufficient era that some only half-remember and many find hard to believe. With these linked poems, Fisk brings a measure of balm and solace to our often fraught, overwhelming times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412780744765,"sku":"9781636284613","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781636284613_p0.jpg?v=1785520888","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781636284613","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}