{"product_id":"pretenders-9781780377308","title":"Pretenders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e, her third book of poetry, Kate Potts asks: what is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a fraud or a fake?\u003c\/strong\u003e And what can ‘the imposter phenomenon’ – a sense that our true abilities and achievements, and other core aspects of our identities, are unreal, undeserved or mistakenly bestowed – tell us about who we are and how we relate to one another? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough lively and vivid poetic monologues drawn from original interview material, and through original poetry, Pretenders begins to consider individual feelings and experiences of fraudulence, pretence and persona in a wider social and historical context. The varied, hesitant, questing voices build to create a bold and innovative chorus. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light on our value systems and hierarchies, unsettling notions of ‘realness’, self-assurance, and the self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Potts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280136417531,"sku":"9781780377308","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781780377308.jpg?v=1772486444","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/pretenders-9781780377308","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}