{"product_id":"the-price-of-breathing-by-melanie-faith","title":"The Price of Breathing by Melanie Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vineleavespress.myshopify.com\/products\/the-price-of-breathing-by-melanie-faith-ebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTO PURCHASE THE EBOOK CLICK HERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a tender, beautifully woven and expertly crafted story told in poems about the power of first loves, long marriages, the ache of illness, and the way feelings and actions from the past linger in all of us.\u003c\/strong\u003e” Antonia Albany, author of \u003cem\u003eAround the Corner, Up Ahead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Helen and Harry Crawley, a couple living in the American West in 1951. A letter arrives that will detonate their everyday routine and send Harry swiftly traveling East (to Helen’s protest) to visit his ailing first love, Flora, now a polio patient hospitalized in an iron lung.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat follows—in telegrams, free-verse poems, letters, and postcard text—is a timeless look at relationship dynamics, raising questions about the strength and meaning of first love long after the sweethearts have parted, the teamwork and ties that bind later-in-life bonds, and the challenges of living with chronic illness.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Harry return home to Helen? Should Helen accept his return if he does?  Or will Harry’s renewed bond with Flora prove a permanent disruption and the start of a different life for all involved?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub date: 15-Sep-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 134\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-3-98832-194-7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vine Leaves Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":58161113694533,"sku":"9783988321947","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/2366\/4453\/files\/ThePriceofBreathing_3D.png?v=1780485067","url":"https:\/\/vineleavespress.myshopify.com\/products\/the-price-of-breathing-by-melanie-faith","provider":"Vine Leaves Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}