{"product_id":"9781772142402","title":"Hard Electric","description":"\u003cbr\u003eHard Electric is Michael Blouin's third book of poetry, a road-tripping, bridge-burning collection of the author's hard-won and soft-edged reflections that seem to stutter-step towards resolution while tumbling down a decided slant towards disaster.\"Where Does My Heart Beat Now\" was Celine Dion's first North American hit and in it she asks: Where do all the lonely hearts go?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Hard Electric Blouin presents a bleakly unsettling but ultimately life-affirming treatise that hints at his fascination with the same question and perhaps shuffles into the neighbourhood of an answer. That neighbourhood is peopled with the late-night bars of Key West's Duval Street, the sharp spice of BBQ joints, sunburned beach motels and Christmas lights frozen to February trees. And Susan Sarandon's cousin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll in a work that legendary poet bill bissett has called:\"One of the most moving books I've ever read, with some of the wisest lines ever written.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a book not for the faint of heart, but for the lonely hearted, and for those who know them well.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Blouin (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Anvil Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-30","offer_id":45663848792319,"sku":"9781772142402","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_87fdd39a-c6cd-4bb2-8c36-72a1eb88bcb5.jpg?v=1717696715","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781772142402","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}