{"product_id":"these-songs-i-know-by-heart-9781771669009","title":"These Songs I Know by Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarried and divorced in her 20s, looking for friendship in her 30s, and contemplating pregnancy at 40, our narrator wonders if she's going through life out of order. But Alice, The Turtle, The Kid, and other beloveds show her that motherhood is more than giving birth, art is never finished, and love is not linear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a three-day canoe trip, chance encounters, fierce female friendship, step-parenting, IVF, pandemic isolation, and quiet moments between humans, \u003ci\u003eThese Songs I Know By Heart \u003c\/i\u003eweaves vignettes of everyday mythology into an absorbing and honest meditation on the connections in our lives. With razor-sharp reflection, humour, and most of all love, we are reminded that there's no formula to life and that instead, we must celebrate what makes the small moments of our lives extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eERIN BRUBACHER\u003c\/b\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eIn the small hours: Thirty-nine months \u0026amp; seven days\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of the hybrid, performance-based book \u003ci\u003e7th Cousins: An Automythography\u003c\/i\u003e. Her award-winning work in theatre has taken her to contexts including the National Arts Centre (Ottawa), the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), Theater der Welt (Germany), and the Edinburgh International Festival (UK). Erin lived in ten cities before returning to Toronto, where she makes a home with her husband and four children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489226690834,"sku":"9781771669009","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e71d8440-9b50-45b3-9088-a87c71ceb585.jpg?v=1730492171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/these-songs-i-know-by-heart-9781771669009","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}