{"product_id":"radicle-or-when-the-world-lived-inside-us-poems","title":"Radicle, or When the World Lived Inside Us: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the New York Times bestselling author Everything All at Once comes a beautiful poetry collection exploring motherhood, grief, the unending road to healing, and the redeeming power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe word radicle is defined as the root of a plant embryo, the first organ to appear when a seed germinates. It grows downward into the soil, anchoring the seedling, a symbol of growth and grounding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteph Catudal is beloved for her poignant meditations on loss, uncertainty, and illness, and the raw, wise reflections of her \"brilliant, unflinching, lyrical\" (Matt Haig) New York Times bestselling memoir Everything All At Once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, Catudal brings her trademark wisdom and strong lyrical voice to bear in her first collection of verse, delving into the challenging yet often rich parts of life people often lack the courage to face. Radicle, or When the World Lived Inside Us explores universal themes of motherhood, our relationship to the natural world, the nature of suffering, the circular process of healing, and what it means to stay present in the midst of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoving myself has been like \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewatching starlings nest: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebraving the elements for a chance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto witness some part of me live on, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egathering twigs and twine for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe promise of future, to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereach for my own hand, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efire and all, and say \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egood girl, good girl \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit's time to come home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we find the strength to begin again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems on Grief and Loss: \u003c\/b\u003e Unflinching meditations on illness, memory, and the ghosts that shape us, searching for the light that remains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHealing Poetry: \u003c\/b\u003e A map of the circular journey toward wholeness, exploring how we carry our pain and learn to piece ourselves back together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNature as Metaphor: \u003c\/b\u003e Finding reflections of our own resilience in the cycles of the natural world--from the aspen grove to the anchoring radicle of a single seed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMotherhood and Womanhood: \u003c\/b\u003e Honest verses on raising daughters in a burning world, the lineage of love and sorrow, and the wild strength of a woman's body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems About Self-Love: \u003c\/b\u003e The difficult, essential process of reaching for your own hand, \"fire and all,\" and learning to finally come home to yourself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937462419687,"sku":"9780063414556","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_8ada0636-70aa-4598-a226-1703c2abd9c9.jpg?v=1775010111","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/radicle-or-when-the-world-lived-inside-us-poems","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}