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Part ode to childhood, part love letter to rural life, Every Little Scrap and Wonder offers an original take on the memories, stories, and traditions we all carry within ourselves, whether we planned to or not.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49737183396113,"sku":"NGR9781771644662","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50052836557073,"sku":"GOR012469410","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50400569131281,"sku":"CIN1771644664G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51294067982609,"sku":"NIN9781771644662","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52680395850001,"sku":"NLS9781771644662","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816858644753,"sku":"CIN1771644664VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1771644664.jpg?v=1751247178"},{"product_id":"gloryland-book-carla-funk-9780888015792","title":"Gloryland","description":"Carla Funk, in her fifth book of poetry, looks with one eye to the small and marvellous, like the glistening trail of the meandering snail, while the other gazes prophetically off into the not-so-distant future where ruins crumble and cities burn. A poetic preoccupation with endings, intermingling wonder and praise with mourning and elegy, Feast and Fallow offers poems for an apocalyptic age.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50366795809041,"sku":"CIN0888015798G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0888015798.jpg?v=1750947791"},{"product_id":"mennonite-valley-girl-book-carla-funk-9781771645157","title":"Mennonite Valley Girl","description":"“In luminous prose that effortlessly portrays the intimate and familiar pangs of growing up, Funk captivates from the get-go, and the ’80s nostalgia will hit the spot for those who came of age amid skyscraper bangs, acid-washed jeans, and the ubiquity of teen heartthrob Kirk Cameron. These small-town stories are big on charm.” —Publishers Weekly  A funny and whip-smart memoir about a feisty young woman’s quest for independence in an isolated Mennonite community.  Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging ever closer to the flames. Coming of age in a remote and forested valley—a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands—she knows her destiny is to marry, have babies, and join the church ladies’ sewing circle. But she feels an increasing urge to push the limits of her religion and the small town that cannot contain her desires for much longer.    Teenage (Mennonite) angst at its finest: Carla questions the patriarchal norms of Mennonite society and yearns to break free. She’ll start by lighting her driveway on fire ….  A family story: the perfect gift for mothers, daughters, sisters, and fathers and sons. Pitch-perfect 1980s nostalgia: remember Jordache jeans? For readers of Miriam Toews: heart wrenching and humorous descriptions of Mennonite life.  At once a coming-of-age story, a contemplation on meaning, morality, and destiny, and a hilarious time capsule of 1980s adolescence, Mennonite Valley Girl offers the best kind of escapist reading for anyone who loves small towns, or who was lucky enough to grow up in one.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50425421857041,"sku":"CIN1771645156G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50993502290193,"sku":"NIN9781771645157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52471938187537,"sku":"NLS9781771645157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1771645156.jpg?v=1751279355"},{"product_id":"crosscurrents-book-carla-funk-9781711745701","title":"Crosscurrents","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51205200118033,"sku":"NIN9781711745701","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1711745707.jpg?v=1750993784"},{"product_id":"head-full-of-sun-book-carla-funk-9780889711853","title":"Head Full of Sun","description":"\u003ci\u003eHead Full of Sun\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates poetry and language's rich spiritual heritage by weaving together the biblical and the personal. 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And finally, she takes on Revelations, a book that inspired sermons that terrified her as a child but which she has come to appreciate as a \"richly poetic book with imagery to envy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Eve in Eden to the apocalyptic imagery of Revelations, Funk translates theology into a convincing and down-to-earth human tongue, pushing through the veil for an intimate look at God.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52680891891985,"sku":"NLS9780889711853","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780889711853.jpg?v=1762314240"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-carla-funk.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}