163 Days (61 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet, who uses a panoply of vocabularies to evoke the medical, the poetic and professional to explore what illness, death and dying does to a young person, as both patient and witness . 163 Days is the longest hospitalisation she has had to date - and so, with this as a scaffold she charts how medical, legal and personal truths clash as loudly as a dropped tray of instruments in a silent operating theatre.In this long singular poem, she probes what she once thought of as truth, what the law considers the truth, and the traumatic truth, which is something only the body can hold. At the time of this narrative she is sixteen, turning seventeen in a hospital ward decked out in primary colours, clowns who volunteer to visit unwell children, and four Easter Eggs per patient on a ward where only one child can eat. That child is stared at while they eat, as Hannah begins to forget the taste of food. Doctors struggle to diagnose her overlapping chronic health conditions which began with rapid weight loss and means she cannot eat or absorb nutrients properly. She suffers heart-rending symptoms as well as all numerous, often very painful, tests and procedures that are necessary to keep her alive long enough to figure out what is wrong with her. Each day features two entries, a diary-like poem exploring her version of the day, and another charting notes that could be found within medical notes.The diary-like entries by the author are distinguished by both clarity and despair. She has a gift for description that brings us, sometimes almost unbearably close, to her suffering. We feel her sorrow but also her frustration at being undiagnosed, yet subject to hospital routines that sometimes seem arbitrary, like the need to sweep up and dispose of the cards from her friends, deemed an 'infection risk'. Likewise, hospital staff seem sometimes wonderfully kind and at others, seemingly casually negligent, cold or cruel. The length of time means she goes through numerous shifts, staff rotas and medical student rotations.The institutional quality of the institution is at question here, as is the freedom of the vulnerable individual in this setting. At one point, at 17, she is 'too old' for the children's hospital yet 'too young' for the adult ward. The lobbying involved in solving this dilemma is both impressive and absurd; there are meetings held between adults and children's hospitals about care responsibilities, meetings she wasn't allowed to attend. Beyond the ethics and machinery of care, what the diary entries show most movingly is the author's coming-of-age story, learning both kind and terrible truths which it takes healthy adults a lifetime to amass. In the 'aftercare' poems we see the author embark on a new version of her life as a disabled young person, a hospice user, a body disintegrating, declining to the extent she has seventeen (diagnosed) issues, falling under the branch of her life limiting diagnosis. Readers will be.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet, who uses a panoply of vocabularies to evoke the medical, the poetic and professional to explore what illness, death and dying does to a young person, as both patient and witness . 163 Days is the longest hospitalisation she has had to date - and so, with this as a scaffold she charts how medical, legal and personal truths clash as loudly as a dropped tray of instruments in a silent operating theatre.In this long singular poem, she probes what she once thought of as truth, what the law considers the truth, and the traumatic truth, which is something only the body can hold. At the time of this narrative she is sixteen, turning seventeen in a hospital ward decked out in primary colours, clowns who volunteer to visit unwell children, and four Easter Eggs per patient on a ward where only one child can eat. That child is stared at while they eat, as Hannah begins to forget the taste of food. Doctors struggle to diagnose her overlapping chronic health conditions which began with rapid weight loss and means she cannot eat or absorb nutrients properly. She suffers heart-rending symptoms as well as all numerous, often very painful, tests and procedures that are necessary to keep her alive long enough to figure out what is wrong with her. Each day features two entries, a diary-like poem exploring her version of the day, and another charting notes that could be found within medical notes.The diary-like entries by the author are distinguished by both clarity and despair. She has a gift for description that brings us, sometimes almost unbearably close, to her suffering. We feel her sorrow but also her frustration at being undiagnosed, yet subject to hospital routines that sometimes seem arbitrary, like the need to sweep up and dispose of the cards from her friends, deemed an 'infection risk'. Likewise, hospital staff seem sometimes wonderfully kind and at others, seemingly casually negligent, cold or cruel. The length of time means she goes through numerous shifts, staff rotas and medical student rotations.The institutional quality of the institution is at question here, as is the freedom of the vulnerable individual in this setting. At one point, at 17, she is 'too old' for the children's hospital yet 'too young' for the adult ward. The lobbying involved in solving this dilemma is both impressive and absurd; there are meetings held between adults and children's hospitals about care responsibilities, meetings she wasn't allowed to attend. Beyond the ethics and machinery of care, what the diary entries show most movingly is the author's coming-of-age story, learning both kind and terrible truths which it takes healthy adults a lifetime to amass. In the 'aftercare' poems we see the author embark on a new version of her life as a disabled young person, a hospice user, a body disintegrating, declining to the extent she has seventeen (diagnosed) issues, falling under the branch of her life limiting diagnosis. Readers will be.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet, who uses a panoply of vocabularies to evoke the medical, the poetic and professional to explore what illness, death and dying does to a young person, as both patient and witness . 163 Days is the longest hospitalisation she has had to date and so, with this as a scaffold she charts how medical, legal and personal truths clash as loudly as a dropped tray of instruments in a silent operating theatre.In this long singular poem, she probes what she once thought of as truth, what the law considers the truth, and the traumatic truth, which is something only the body can hold. At the time of this narrative she is sixteen, turning seventeen in a hospital ward decked out in primary colours, clowns who volunteer to visit unwell children, and four Easter Eggs per patient on a ward where only one child can eat. That child is stared at while they eat, as Hannah begins to forget the taste of food. Doctors struggle to diagnose her overlapping chronic health conditions which began with rapid weight loss and means she cannot eat or absorb nutrients properly. She suffers heart-rending symptoms as well as all numerous, often very painful, tests and procedures that are necessary to keep her alive long enough to figure out what is wrong with her. Each day features two entries, a diary-like poem exploring her version of the day, and another charting notes that could be found within medical notes.The diary-like entries by the author are distinguished by both clarity and despair. She has a gift for description that brings us, sometimes almost unbearably close, to her suffering. We feel her sorrow but also her frustration at being undiagnosed, yet subject to hospital routines that sometimes seem arbitrary, like the need to sweep up and dispose of the cards from her friends, deemed an infection risk. Likewise, hospital staff seem sometimes wonderfully kind and at others, seemingly casually negligent, cold or cruel. The length of time means she goes through numerous shifts, staff rotas and medical student rotations.The institutional quality of the institution is at question here, as is the freedom of the vulnerable individual in this setting. At one point, at 17, she is too old for the childrens hospital yet too young for the adult ward. The lobbying involved in solving this dilemma is both impressive and absurd; there are meetings held between adults and childrens hospitals about care responsibilities, meetings she wasnt allowed to attend. Beyond the ethics and machinery of care, what the diary entries show most movingly is the authors coming-of-age story, learning both kind and terrible truths which it takes healthy adults a lifetime to amass. In the aftercare poems we see the author embark on a new version of her life as a disabled young person, a hospice user, a body disintegrating, declining to the extent she has seventeen (diagnosed) issues, falling under the branch of her life limiting diagnosis. Readers will be moved, surprised and enlightened by this compelling debut collection of poems. Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet, deploying the surreal and the medical to chart institutional truths vs the individual. 163 days is the length of her longest hospitalisation. Here we join her. At turns funny and hopeful, frightening and moving, this collection is an unusual look at impending mortality and the body/mind as separate selves. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Bramhall House, NY, c.1961, 8vo., cloth, 316pp., many owner's stamps, ow G in torn dj $.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Fair to Good. 317 pages. Illustrated. "During 163 agonizing days in 1864-65, the South suffered the most devastating and ruthless invasion in U.S. history. From Atlanta to Savannah, Columbia, and Raleigh, Sherman's troops subjected everything in their path to a savage ordeal by fire and sword.Those days and months of violent siege blaze to life in this account of the depradations endured by a proud and brave people.These eyewitness reports dramatically tell of cities and towns leveled to ashes, of convents, churches, and schools sacked and fired, of farms and plantations looted and destroyed, of private citizens robbed, violated, and left to starve.". Union Terrorism in the South.…

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317pp. illus in black and white 1s edition. Nevins I, 30: "A readable narrative of Sherman's operations from Atlanta to the end of the war; by a Southerner still somewhat hostile to the Federal general." Ex-lib with bookplate of Richard Barksdale Harwell, spine and cover edges lightly sunned, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. "Those Days And Months Of Violent Siege Blaze To Life In This Account Of The Depredations Endured By A Proud And Brave People" (Includes Acknowledgments, Author's Note, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Illustrations Include Black & White Photo Of General Joseph Johnston, Photo Of General William T. Sherman, Painting Of The Siege Of Atlanta-Confederate Attack On General Logan's Corps, July 28, 1861, Painting Of Exodus Of Confederates From Atlanta, Painting Of Sherman's Forager's On A Georgia Plantation, Painting Of Pontoon Bridge On Savannah River, Over Which The Confederates Crossed On The Evacuation Of Savannah, December 21, 1861, Painting Of Sherman's Army Entering Savannah, Photos Of City Of Columbia, S. C., Sketch Of The Battle At Black River, Near Averysborough, North Carolina, March 16, 1865 (Sketched By W. Wad), Sketch By W. Wad Of The Battle Of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 20: Fifteenth Corps Engaged [On The Right], Sketch Of A Scene Of The Negotiations Between Generals Sherman And Johnston, April 18, 1865: James Bennett's House, Where The Interview Was Held; General Patrick With Confederate General Hampton And Staff, Discussing The Campaign. The Previous Owner's Name In Ink On Half-Title Page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Several Different (illustrator). Book.…