{"product_id":"half-life","title":"Half-Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eleanor Tennyson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: If a Leaf Falls (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleanor Tennyson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalf-Life \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a book of diminished lyrics – porous, sensitized, title-less, they speak quietly, as they are sensible enough to ‘fear chronology’; they experience memories as debt because their future has been mortgaged. Figures recur like intrusive thoughts: Anna Karenina, horse races, a dead person’s Xbox – and a thin, continuous note sounds throughout, like an alarm – hatred of the rich, death drive, an unshakeable suspicion of the bogus. It keeps the poems in touch with the real mystery. In fact, it won’t leave them alone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"If a Leaf Falls Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44003022176355,"sku":"0214202601","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/image_0420aa07-173f-4ea1-9c88-05c2b4a4b528.jpg?v=1771100964","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/half-life","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}