{"product_id":"still-life-with-horses","title":"Still Life with Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I loved this luminous and searingly honest story of love, loss, life and hope; and I loved how a horse served as metaphor for all of this. The lesson I came away with is that in its best and purest form, love can only lead to more love.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Berg\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dream Lover\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Arthur Truluv\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStill Life with Horses\u003c\/em\u003e is impossible to put down. With her razor-sharp prose and devastating honesty, Jean Harper sweeps you through her story of heartbreak and redemption while training your focus on the pain and joy you cannot help but recognize as your own. Her deep reverence for the inevitability of loss and the grace of memory will stay with you long after you finish reading.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eMary Elizabeth Pope\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eDivining Venus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Still Life with Horses\u003c\/em\u003e will make you fall in love . . . with the strength and silence of horses and learn to believe in the healing power of giving oneself fully to the care and pleasures of another living being. Honest, unflinching, it shimmers with the light of life unfolding.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eBarb Shoup\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLooking for Jack Kerouac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A horse can be broken, as can a heart, but Jean Harper's luminous\u003cem\u003e Still Life with Horses\u003c\/em\u003e shows us that heartbreak leads to something infinitely larger—a truer self and a greater love. This is a beautiful book, gorgeous and gutting by turns. Read it and be broken in the best ways, be moved, be changed.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eRandon Billings Noble\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBe with Me Always\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There's a lot of heart in \u003cem\u003eStill Life with Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, but this isn't a soft book. It's a love story in the fullest sense, glittering with ragged truth and hard-won wisdom.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Pickworth,\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eBigfoot for Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean Harper\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and now calls the Midwest her home. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eRose City: A Memoir of Work\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Mid-List Press First Series Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in the\u003cem\u003e Iowa Review, North American Review, Florida Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eYemassee Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing has been supported by residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Among Harper's awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526375952659,"sku":"9780996195232","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9780996195232ita.jpg?v=1785852061","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/still-life-with-horses","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}