{"product_id":"love-9781778490293","title":"Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the author's last book of poems was entitled \u003ci\u003eLike\u003c\/i\u003e, it seems only fitting that this new collection of fifty poems should be called \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e. But, more importantly, these are the poems of an old man looking back at the people he has known and the life he has led whose memory, no matter how painful, he still cherishes. From childhood to adulthood to a suite of poems contemplating the author's inevitable death, \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e can be summed up as a meditation on mortality and the transitory nature of everything we think we have accomplished - including, ironically, this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Montreal in 1946, Max is the eldest son of painter Betty Sutherland (aka Boschka) and poet Irving Layton. He earned an MA in Eng. Lit. from the University of Toronto and then worked as a high school English teacher until retirement. A published novelist and short story writer, Max went legally blind more than a decade ago and during that difficult period recorded his first CD, \u003ci\u003eHeartbeat Of Time\u003c\/i\u003e. His eyesight eventually restored thanks to the miracle of modern science, Max felt he had been given a second chance. That is why the intervening years have seen the release of three more CDs of Max's original songs, while Guernica Editions has since published three books of Max's poems, \u003ci\u003eWhen The Rapture Comes, \u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eIn The Garden Of I Am\u003c\/i\u003e, (2015), and \u003ci\u003eLike \u003c\/i\u003e(2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Guernica Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749436653842,"sku":"9781778490293","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b659977-c9cb-4a9a-b7df-96bddeae6852.jpg?v=1764085316","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-9781778490293","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}