{"product_id":"the-year-i-stopped-to-notice-9781785787966","title":"The Year I Stopped to Notice","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is a delight ... the world is full of little surprises, momentary little fountains of pleasure and beauty, that could be visible to all of us if we learned to stop and notice\" Philip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An odd, beautiful book ... Buy an extra copy to give to someone you love\" Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanuary: A man walking along Caledonian Road falls over onto the huge roll of bubble wrap he is hugging, perhaps for just this sort of situation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by her popular Twitter account, \u003ci\u003eThe Year I Stopped to Notice\u003c\/i\u003e collects together Miranda Keeling's observations of the magic, humour, strangeness and beauty in ordinary life. Through the changing seasons, on city streets and on buses, in parks and cafes, Miranda notices things: moments between friends, the interactions of strangers, children delighting in the world around them, the quiet melancholy of lost items on the pavement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by stunning watercolour illustrations from Luci Power, Miranda's poetic vignettes take us on journeys of discovery and share with us the joy of stopping to notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptember: On a sweltering, packed rush-hour train, my arm suddenly feels lovely and cool, and I look down to see a shopping bag held by the woman beside me - full of just-bought cartons of milk.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiranda Keeling\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and performer. She writes plays, screenplays, short stories, articles and poems. As an actor she works in radio, voiceover, TV, film and stage and is a winner of the BBC Radio's Norman Beaton Fellowship. This is her first book. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50386982109458,"sku":"9781785787966","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b69e0914-58bc-4b35-9ec8-e4fe80401256.jpg?v=1728864974","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-i-stopped-to-notice-9781785787966","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}