{"product_id":"9781770561908","title":"The Refrigerator Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Refrigerator Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is an exuberant, strangely funny celebration of sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith fable-like miniature stories and short lyric poems, Shannon Bramer creates a world littered with stolen pears and prosthetic arms and inhabited by Kindness scientists and hot-air-balloon operators. The poems invoke a world of childhood delights and demons in the context of grown-up fears and appetites: heartbreak, loss, jealousy and old-fashioned sibling rivalry. You’ll find the hopelessly misunderstood Love the Clown (never goes out without his red wig) and Noni, a forlorn young man who can’t stop crying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut while sadness plays a starring role, the true hero of the collection is the imagination; its transformative powers warm widows and drunken gods and designated mourners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eYou won’t forget \u003ci\u003eThe Refrigerator Memory\u003c\/i\u003e: the icebox cometh to warm your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Bramer’s “\u003ci\u003eOur Prosthesis\u003c\/i\u003e�* … [is] wonderfully succinct, while still managing to convey entire lives floating beneath its surface.’ – Lee Gowan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘[Bramer writes] poems with resonant grief, fragile glass and desperate love, carved carefully and spare out of cold, dark objects, achieving small, remarkable poems.’ – rob mclennan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636668354801,"sku":"9781770561908","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781770561908_p0.jpg?v=1765528082","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770561908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}