{"product_id":"when-i-was-a-child-i-read-books-9781250024053","title":"When I Was a Child I Read Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-Winning Author of \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e When I Was a Child I Read Books\u003c\/i\u003e she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Austerity as Ideology,\" she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challenging. In \"Open Thy Hand Wide\" she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in \"When I Was a Child,\" one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 1981), \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2004), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and \u003ci\u003eHome \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2008), and the books of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Adam \u003c\/i\u003e(1998) and \u003ci\u003eAbsence of Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462125883666,"sku":"9781250024053","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e91d5fc6-2163-4a42-82aa-433c59529098.jpg?v=1774449174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-i-was-a-child-i-read-books-9781250024053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}