{"title":"Laura Barber","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaura Barber’s works offer a thoughtful exploration of poetry’s enduring power, inviting readers to discover verses that resonate across life’s most meaningful moments. Her collections, such as \u003cem\u003ePenguin’s Poems for Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePenguin’s Poems for Weddings\u003c\/em\u003e, illuminate the emotional depths and cultural richness found within poetic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBridging the worlds of arts and culture, Barber curates selections that celebrate both the timeless and the contemporary. Her books serve as eloquent companions for reflection, celebration, and the appreciation of poetry’s place in our shared human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"penguins-poems-for-life-by-laura-barber-9780140424706","title":"Penguin's Poems for Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst paperback publication of this much-loved anthology of poems to take you from birth to death, and a little beyond...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the \"seven ages\" of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort, and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanging from Chaucer to Carol Ann Duffy, via Shakespeare, Keats, and Lemn Sissay, \u003cem\u003ePenguin's Poems for Life\u003c\/em\u003e offers something for each of those moments in life—whether falling in love, finding your first grey hair, or saying your final goodbyes—when only a poem will do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46550396403948,"sku":"9780140424706","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27134833482237.jpg?v=1749980584"},{"product_id":"penguins-poems-for-weddings-by-laura-barber-9780141394701","title":"Penguin's Poems for Weddings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, a wonderful anthology of wedding poems, filled with surprising, curious, unorthodox and charming poems about love and the public commitment to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the many thousands of readers who each year go through the complex mix of thrill and trauma that is the planning of a marriage ceremony, \u003cem\u003eLaura Barber's\u003c\/em\u003e anthology is the answer to a prayer. It offers a wonderfully generous and unusual selection of poems suitable for reading out loud, and which celebrate and encapsulate our deepest feelings in all their bewildering diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaura Barber's\u003c\/em\u003e anthologies are always distinguished by their charming and surprising selections, and this volume is no exception. It offers numerous options for anyone about to read at the wedding of family or friends, or to celebrate their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597496107244,"sku":"9780141394701","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141394701-penguin-s-poems-for-weddings.jpg?v=1777953843"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/laura-barber.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}