{"product_id":"both-true","title":"Both True","description":"\u003cp\u003eSIGNED COPIES ARE SOLD OUT!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA testament to the strength of women, \u003cem\u003eBoth True\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to embrace the messy, the beautiful, and the brutal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith an unflinching voice, Percy dives into the realities of being a wife and mother, in the face of societal expectations, mental health struggles, and the state of the world. Through lovely, lush craft, Percy’s haunting collection details the unspoken and taboo truths of modern motherhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth True\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for anyone who has ever felt the weight of trying to be everything to everyone while holding onto who they are at their core.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eAwards\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buttonpoetry.com\/chapbook-contest\/\"\u003e2024 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest Runner Up\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Kristina Percy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003ePrecise and poignant, stunning yet soft,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoth True\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis full of poems that you’ll chew on for days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Joy Sullivan,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstructions for Traveling West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eIn poems that ache and dazzle, Kristina Percy probes the complexity of parenting, marriage, and family against the backdrop of depression, war, and climate crisis. She reveals the raw edge of motherhood with refreshing honesty: “In your smallest months I want to throw you from every window\/But I’m lucky: anything will stop me.” Although Percy’s poems travel jagged terrain, she finds beauty in unlikely places: pine beetles “eating the forest blue” and the “tongue \u0026amp; tripe\/snapped bone, split shell” of her Oma’s cooking. A brilliant debut,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoth True\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book I will return to savor again and again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Rebecca Jamieson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body of All Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Button Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43275929354291,"sku":"978-1-63834-207-6","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0752\/9011\/files\/PERCY-BT-tempmarketingcover.jpg?v=1750179118","url":"https:\/\/buttonbookstore.com\/products\/both-true","provider":"Button Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}