{"product_id":"trying-to-hold-on","title":"Trying to Hold On","description":"Trying to Hold On is a book of poems written in the margins of survival.\nComposed during a period of homelessness, sobriety, and constant displacement, these poems trace the quiet, brutal work of staying alive when stability disappears and language becomes the only place left to stand. Moving between cities and countries, between hunger and restraint, between anger and faith, the speaker documents not triumph but continuance—the daily negotiations required to remain present in a world that has stopped answering back.\nThis is not a book about recovery in the celebratory sense. It is a record of refusal. Refusal to disappear. Refusal to numb. Refusal to surrender the self to silence, addiction, abandonment, or despair. Across its arc, the collection explores the body under pressure, the discipline of sobriety, the inheritance of anger, the unexpected intimacy of faith, and the gravitational pull of fatherhood as a reason to stay.\nBlending lyric poetry, brief prose, and philosophical reflection, Trying to Hold On approaches survival as a practice rather than a breakthrough. It asks what it means to keep breathing without guarantees, to choose oneself without applause, and to remain human when the world offers no softness in return.\nThese poems do not promise healing.\nThey document the work of staying.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GBW5H8FT\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GBW5H8FT.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Johnson, Kevin G.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43646403870781,"sku":"BVV.B0GBW5H8FT.G","price":33.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0GBW5H8FT-0.jpg?v=1789766799","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/trying-to-hold-on","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}