{"product_id":"imperfect-control-our-lifelong-struggles-with-power-and-surrender-9780684848143","title":"Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her remarkable national bestseller, \u003ci\u003eNecessary Losses, \u003c\/i\u003e Judith Viorst explored how we are shaped by the various losses we experience throughout our lives.\u003c\/b\u003e Now, in her wise and perceptive new book, \u003ci\u003eImperfect Control, \u003c\/i\u003e she shows us how our sense of self and all our important relationships are colored by our struggles over control: over wanting it and taking it, loving it and fearing it, and figuring out when the time has come to surrender it. \u003cbr\u003e Writing with compassion, acute psychological insight, and a touch of her trademark humor, Viorst invites us to contemplate the limits and possibilities of our control. She shows us how our lives can be shaped by our actions and our choices. She reminds us, too, that we sometimes should choose to let go. And she encourages us to find our own best balance between power and surrender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eViorst, Judith:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including \u003ci\u003eLulu and the Brontosaurus\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eNecessary Losses\u003c\/i\u003e; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNearing Ninety\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327056482578,"sku":"9780684848143","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20776fed-c424-46cb-a0f2-7f97323c4e80.jpg?v=1727709050","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imperfect-control-our-lifelong-struggles-with-power-and-surrender-9780684848143","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}