{"title":"Wendy Cope","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-orange-and-other-poems-hardcover","title":"The Orange and Other Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uplifting selection of Wendy Cope's most popular poems, f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeaturing the TikTok sensation \"The Orange.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI love you. I'm glad I exist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Orange\u003c\/i\u003e provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling - and being - in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is a book you will want to savor and share with all your friends.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378338627807,"sku":"9780571389513","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YR9jzt2xCL9780571389513.webp?v=1789254438"},{"product_id":"collected-poems-hardcover-1","title":"Collected Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Cope] writes the sort of poems almost no one does any longer . . . She seems always to know what to say, and what to do, in dark moments.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of England's wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eMaking Cocoa for Kingsley Amis\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986, Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a celebrated poet who was also a best-seller. Her artful combination of insight and wit made an extraordinary impact in poems that cocked a gentle snook at the pomposity of a literary world hitherto dominated by men.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough four further collections, Cope has continued to delight her readers while finding a whole new generation of enthusiasts through her poem \"The Orange\". Together these poems catalogue the desires and fears that underlie our ordinary existences - love and heartbreak, disappointment and a hard-won capacity to find happiness, even if only in the form of a poem. In their profound attention to and encapsulation of the everyday, these poems serve to make our own lives the more remarkable and memorable. \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates a lifetime's achievement by a poet who has been original and distinctive from the very start, and provides the perfect accompaniment to the trials, tribulations and joys of our all too human lives.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378529009887,"sku":"9780571383252","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JG-ol_qrQP9780571383252.webp?v=1789257981"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/wendy-cope.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}