{"product_id":"gravity-poems-9781640097865","title":"Gravity: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A profound work of true beauty and mystery\" --Luis Alberto Urrea \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fearless work from the prize-winning acclaimed author, composed over a period of some twenty years, \u003ci\u003eGravity\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Rosner's profoundly searching account of her experience as the daughter of Holocaust survivors \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed over a period of some twenty years, \u003ci\u003eGravity\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Rosner's profoundly searching account of her experience as the daughter of Holocaust survivors. In an extraordinarily powerful mix of poetry and prose, Rosner traces the earliest remembered resonances of her parents' past and her dawning awareness of the war history that colored her family home during her youth in Schenectady, New York. She recounts her false starts in raising the subject with her father (a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp), his piecemeal revelations, and their eventual travels together to the sites of the nightmare in Germany. And she evokes, courageously and heart-wrenchingly, her search for identity against the gravitational pull of her parents' experience and the traditional upbringing they've given her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Rosner's celebrated novels, \u003ci\u003eGravity\u003c\/i\u003e plumbs the deep complexities of inherited grief, but here the author discloses, with breathtaking candor and sensitivity, \"what it felt like to grow up inside my family.\" Also featuring spellbinding artwork by Lola Fraknoi, these astonishing pages remind us that history happens at home and that the past is something we all embody, knowingly or not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIZABETH ROSNER\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling novelist, poet, and essayist. Her works include \u003ci\u003eSurvivor Café The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and the novel \u003ci\u003eElectric City\u003c\/i\u003e, named a best book by NPR. Rosner's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous anthologies. She lives in Berkeley, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057720946962,"sku":"9781640097865","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef5a8780-9725-4474-81f8-40b07cb85e29.jpg?v=1772004511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gravity-poems-9781640097865","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}