{"product_id":"breaking-a-mare-paperback-1","title":"Breaking a Mare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina Thatcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking a Mare\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation of silence, goodness and girlhood. It invites readers into the barn, the sawdust mill, the rodeo arena. These poems expose the hard work women do on farms, the loss of rural landscapes and the role death can play in these spaces. They ask what it means to be good in the face of physical, emotional and ecological threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina Thatcher grew up between a farm and a ranch house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She won a Marshall Scholarship to undertake two MAs in the UK, after which she completed a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at Cardiff University, where she is now a lecturer. Her poetry and short stories have been widely published in literary magazines, including \u003ci\u003eAmbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eButcher's Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354104381689,"sku":"9781917140249","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aQU9nQ1HXD9781917140249_8978671f-4612-4e99-927e-9df017362a0a.webp?v=1769829197","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/breaking-a-mare-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}