{"product_id":"9781968507039","title":"Splashed Things","description":"Author: Leigh Lucas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781968507039\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 101\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In my new life, I must learn everything again,\" begins \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Leigh Lucas's dark humored and deeply moving debut that examines the chaotic terrain of grief following the suicide of a former boyfriend. \u003c\/b\u003eWith startling honesty and emotional precision, these poems tell the story of a woman in her twenties navigating loss, from the funeral service and her dead-end job, to her therapist's office and the subways of New York City, revealing the way her beloved's death infiltrates every corner of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speaker searches for traces of the departed in unlikely places-the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, the science of depression-while confronting the limitations of elegy and the futility of trying to contain sorrow in words. \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e is not a neat arc toward healing, but a testimony to the unwieldy shape of mourning and the persistence of love in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Maya C. Popa as winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize for its emotional courage, inventive language, and haunting beauty, Leigh Lucas's \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875651211422,"sku":"ADS-9781968507039","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781968507039.jpg?v=1779754724","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781968507039","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}