{"product_id":"bigger-essays-9781637681084","title":"Bigger: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, this large-hearted personal essay collection by Ren Cedar Fuller invites us to imagine a more generous way of being in the world, drawing on Fuller's experiences as a daughter, sister, mother, teacher, and patient. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA father's hurtful rigidity becomes slightly more comprehensible when viewed through a lens of neurodivergence, and a mother's well-timed lie allows her children to see an escape from fundamentalist strictures. Parents build support systems for their transgender child, and a disability that makes it impossible for the author to cry tears opens up new paths for expressing emotions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith disarming charm and good humor, Fuller charts a clear-eyed path for not only accepting but celebrating differences of all kinds. \u003ci\u003eBigger\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we want the world to be as large and open as possible for the people we love--and how this kind of love expands our own world too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRen Cedar Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBigger: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize. She also won \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e's Summer Writing Contest and her essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHerStry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hippocampus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. Ren taught public school in California, Oregon, and Washington before founding a nonprofit early learning center near Seattle. She teaches parent education around Seattle and facilitates parent meetings at TransFamilies, an online support hub for families with gender-diverse children. She lives in Seattle with her husband, Jason.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635474071826,"sku":"9781637681084","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3bf3756-8be3-4784-a38c-a655fea62400.jpg?v=1759238128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bigger-essays-9781637681084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}