{"product_id":"book","title":"Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle's latest prose publication \u003ci\u003eThe Book, \u003c\/i\u003enow in softcover.\u003c\/b\u003eTrue to its bold title, \u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.\" With the same curiosity found in \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruefle's prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. \"It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,\" she writes. \"Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?\" In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.","brand":"Mary Ruefle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46356407025900,"sku":"9798891060043","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798891060043.jpg?v=1744336658","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/book","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}