{"product_id":"book-jpdo","title":"Swell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEloquent and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003eSwell \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood - through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the consultation room I stared\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eat the purple flowers in their purple\u003cbr\u003evase and imagined my insides:\u003cbr\u003ean ocean, a cave, a storm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Ferguson's second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman's experience of becoming a mother. Against a backdrop of the sounds and sensations of daily life, she longs for her own mother's embrace, observes as her body changes and charts a course through loss and wilting house plants toward recovery, empowerment and renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender, direct and winningly witty, \u003ci\u003eSwell\u003c\/i\u003e distils the poet's complex feelings surrounding family and domesticity, exploring the contending weight and levity felt as she contemplates a thrillingly unfamiliar new chapter. Ferguson is a poet as alert to the absurd as to the shattering, and these are large-hearted poems, full of life and thought. Together, they invite the reader to join them in a search for self-acceptance, for freedom from shame, and for a path to stability in increasingly uncertain times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Maria Ferguson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49408619151664,"sku":"BDjpdo","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jpdo-cover.jpg?v=1762374859","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jpdo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}