{"product_id":"alphabetical-diaries-9780374610784","title":"Alphabetical Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Recommended Read of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eCritics Top Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 15 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of \u003ci\u003ePure Colour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSheila Heti collected 500,000 words from a decade's worth of journals, put the sentences in a spreadsheet, and sorted them alphabetically. She cut and cut and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Heti\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven books, including the novels \u003ci\u003ePure Colour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003edeemed one of the \"New Classics\" of the twenty-first century. She was named one of the \"New Vanguard\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e book critics, who, along with a dozen other magazines and newspapers, chose \u003ci\u003eMotherhood \u003c\/i\u003eas a top book of 2018. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. She lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574387413266,"sku":"9780374610784","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45138f34-e568-4fe3-aca4-0770d06f52c6.jpg?v=1744273552","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alphabetical-diaries-9780374610784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}