{"title":"New Releases","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-little-feral-by-maria-giesbrecht","title":"A Little Feral by Maria Giesbrecht","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"border: 1px solid #DCDCDC; border-radius: 12px; padding: 15px; display: flex; width:300px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex: 45%; padding-right: 15px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image-hub-cloud.lightningsource.com\/2011-04-01\/Images\/front_cover\/x200\/sku\/1949342816.jpg?viewkey=372e07a4bc0c4a6b61a28959eb9ab9c178fa863d7652017b3187acfed9524b9f\" style=\"width: 96px; height: auto; align-self: flex-start;\"\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"flex: 55%;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; font: normal normal bold 16px\/22px Open Sans; padding: 5px;\"\u003e\n            A Little Feral\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; font: italic normal normal 13px\/18px Open Sans; padding: 5px;\"\u003e\n             Giesbrecht, Maria\n         \u003c\/div\u003e\n         \u003cdiv\u003e\n            \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=KXu5xNakoBLWbvuVzyiVPCOaJpI6XUB8R0Jq2B3LtAJ\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background: #FEBE10 0% 0% no-repeat padding-box; border-radius:8px; color:black; text-decoration:none; width: 163px; height: 34px; display: table-cell; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font: normal normal bold 16px\/22px Open Sans;\"\u003eBuy Now\u003c\/a\u003e\n         \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Little Feral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, Maria Giesbrecht delivers a debut collection that navigates faith, family, and personal resurrection through a voice at once wild, intimate, and quietly rebellious.\u003c\/strong\u003e Written in the aftermath of leaving a conservative Mennonite upbringing, these poems chart a parallel journey of breaking away — from father, from God, from the confines of obedience. Giesbrecht's language is lyrical and unflinching, a cadence that moves between tenderness and defiance, weaving ancestral memory with moments of stark revelation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Little Feral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks readers to reimagine where holiness might be found — in the fractures of family, in the undoing of inherited faith, and even in the loneliness of a world shaped by patriarchy and exile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA playful collection, Maria Giesbrecht’s \u003ci\u003eA Little Feral \u003c\/i\u003einvokes her religious background. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a tongue-in-cheek tone, the book ponders the value of breaking the rules when settling on a personal identity. 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