{"product_id":"hark-how-women-listen-alice-vincent","title":"Hark: How Women Listen - Alice Vincent","description":"\u003cp data-v-04677a2c=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eAs the world grows ever noisier, Alice Vincent – twice Wainwright Prize-longlisted author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Women Grow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– returns with a journey into sound that will ring true for many women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-04677a2c=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'BEST BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAurora Borealis\u003c\/i\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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHark\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a book for women who feel unheard and a means of listening more deeply in a world that has grown too loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e320 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-short\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46212523098266,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/hark-9781805302063.jpg?v=1755655388","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/hark-how-women-listen-alice-vincent","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}