{"product_id":"instructions-for-living-a-deck-of-daily-devotions-9780593580271","title":"Instructions for Living: A Deck of Daily Devotions","description":"\u003cb\u003eSoak up award-winning poet Mary Oliver's musings on living a fulfilling life with this beautifully illustrated deck of fifty cards meant to uplift and inspire wonder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstructions for living a life: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePay attention.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe astonished.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTell about it.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Oliver touched countless readers with her tender, accessible poetry, expressing her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Her verses deftly wove close observations of nature with an evergreen state of wonder. She regarded the outdoors with awe, encouraging readers to step outside and breathe in nature's glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis deck of fifty inspirational quotes, all pulled from Oliver's oeuvre, offer bite-sized pieces of life advice--from simple directives like \"as long as you are dancing, you can break the rules,\" to the entirety of her ode to interpretations of heaven, \"Yellow.\" \"Come to the pond,\" she implores, \"and live your life.\" Pull a card each morning for daily reflection or display a card on the included stand, returning again and again to the simple insight of Oliver's words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith delightful nature drawings alongside Oliver's celebrated verses, \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Living\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers an intimate opportunity to engage with Mary Oliver's inspiring words, day after day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in a small town in Ohio, \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of twenty-eight. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She died in 2019.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarkson Potter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875431387410,"sku":"9780593580271","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/instructions-for-living-a-deck-of-daily-devotions-9780593580271","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}