{"product_id":"hark-how-women-listen-1","title":"Hark: How Women Listen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe're told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they're listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby's heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice's life became cacophonous - both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat followed was a personal quest to rediscover sound as something alive and vital and restorative. Beyond music, Alice's journey takes her into new corners of listening: from the phantom crying heard by mothers across the world to the nightingale's song and the crackle of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAurora Borealis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As our attention spans shrink and our sense of disconnection grows, Alice wants to find out if sound - seeking it, trying to hold on to it, making space for it in her life - can reconnect her not only to lost parts of herself but to a life more consciously lived. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHark\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a book for women who feel unheard and a means of listening more deeply in a world that has grown too loud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eINDEPENDENT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'BEST BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eStimulating and humane\u003c\/em\u003e' Amy Liptrot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThis book is a quiet and profound kind of miracle\u003c\/em\u003e' Clover Stroud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: 13 x 20cm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e302 page paperback book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BAM Store + Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58157159252349,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/5620\/2628\/files\/alice-vincent-hark-how-women-listen-paperback-book-gifts-BAM-store-space-uk.png?v=1778764141","url":"https:\/\/bambristol.co.uk\/products\/hark-how-women-listen-1","provider":"BAM Store + Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}