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From acclaimed poet and critic Meghan O'Rourke, a powerful collection about the frailty of the body, the longing for a child, and the philosophical questions raised when the biological self goes dramatically awry. In formally ambitious poems and lyric essays, Sun in Days gives voice to the experience of illness, the permanence of loss, and recuperative moments of grace. Along the way, O'Rourke investigates a newfound existential awareness of all that vanishes--as well as infertility, motherhood, and nostalgia for the 1980s. This is O'Rourke's most ambitious book to date: deeply felt and characterized by the lyric precision and force of observation her work is known for. FROM "IDIOPATHIC ILLNESS" What can be said? I came w/o a warranty, Stripped of me--or me-ish-ness-- I was a will in a subpar body. I waxed toward all that waned inside.