{"product_id":"in-a-dark-wood-a-memoir-9780062357526","title":"In a Dark Wood: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a cold November morning, Joseph Luzzi found himself racing to the hospital. His wife, Katherine, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, had been in a horrible car accident--in one terrible instant, Luzzi became both a widower and a first-time father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of unthinkable tragedy, Luzzi relied on the support of his Italian immigrant family, returning to his childhood home in Rhode Island to mourn and to care for his infant daughter. Adrift and grieving, Luzzi found himself sharing Dante's dark wood with an intimacy that years of scholarship had never shown him. As Luzzi grapples with his loss and struggles to rebuild the life he had known, he shepherds readers through a universally relatable journey of suffering with wisdom and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending heartrending memoir and meditations on the power of great art to give us strength in our darkest moments, \u003cem\u003eIn a Dark Wood\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant and surprising affirmation of life and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuzzi, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoseph Luzzi holds a doctorate from Yale and teaches at Bard. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMy Two Italies\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice, and \u003cem\u003eRomantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies from the Modern Language Association. His essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Los Angeles Times, Bookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565345968402,"sku":"9780062357526","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7643ce13-11bb-4583-8fa7-f5b7510023df.jpg?v=1731884997","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-a-dark-wood-a-memoir-9780062357526","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}