{"product_id":"no-obvious-distress-a-john-murray-original-paperback","title":"No Obvious Distress: A John Murray Original - 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\u003eAmanda Quaid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, moving, wise and constantly surprising' Martin Chilton, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Memoir of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing. These poems glimmer with a white-hot beauty that is hard won, and that sings' Sarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Striking, surprising, and technically excellent, the poems resonate way beyond their endings' Roger Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatient is a normal appearing woman in no obvious distress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On an ordinary day, out with her three-year-old in the park, Amanda Quaid received a life-changing call - the back pain she had been living with for years was actually a rare and aggressive form of cancer. In an instant, life became a series of sterile rooms, medical charts and body-altering treatments which completely upend Amanda's marriage, work and family life as she knows it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poetry became a lifeline for Amanda, a form to organize the chaos and pain of day-to-day life into order and beauty. In inventive and arresting poems that explore desire, marriage, motherhood and mortality, \u003ci\u003eNo Obvious Distress\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful memoir-in-verse about Amanda's unique experience. But it is also a tender, witty and universal collection that asks how we can continue to live and love in times of uncertainty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Quaid is a poet, playwright and actress living in New York City. 'Patient and Daughter Appear Closely Bonded' won the 2023 Bridport Prize for Poetry and subsequent work has been a finalist for the Philadelphia Stories' National Prize in Poetry, longlisted for the UK's National Poetry Competition and published in Rattle (where Amanda won the Ekphrastic Challenge contest), DMQ Review, and Dead End. Her first opera, The Extinctionist, was praised by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. The play on which it was based was a finalist in the Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44810773758054,"sku":"9781399824569","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vWSN4pz3ph9781399824569.webp?v=1771624435","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/no-obvious-distress-a-john-murray-original-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}