{"product_id":"9781780376677","title":"Women in Comfortable Shoes by Selima Hill","description":"Hot on the heels of her previous collection Men Who Feed Pigeons, Selima Hill's Women in Comfortable Shoes is her 21st book of poetry, presenting eleven contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short poems relating to women:Fishface: A disobedient young girl is sent to a Catholic convent school to give her mother a break.   My Friend Weasel: The 50s. A girls' boarding school where the girls are somehow managing to make new friends.   Susan and Me: On friendship. Two close friends, one of whom, Susan, is heading for a nervous breakdown.   Dolly: Dolly is a duck. The other 29 women are, in their various ways, human.   My Mother with a Beetle in Her Hair: A daughter's passion for swimming - despite of her mother hating every minute.   Fridge: Lorries, geese and fridges speak of death, grief and absence.   My Spanish Swimsuit: A daughter fears her rabbit-trapping father..   The Chauffeur: A pair of bad-tempered sisters, a parrot and a cat.   Girls without Hamsters: An older woman's obsession with a spider-legged young man.   Reduced to a Quivering Jelly: Vera is old, and getting older, but she doesn't seem to care.   Dressed and Sobbing: A woman is surprised to find herself getting older and lazier.   The book is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304588816757,"sku":"9781780376677","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780376677.jpg?v=1762796140","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781780376677","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}