{"product_id":"9781922268471","title":"Books that Saved My Life","description":"Author: McGirr, Michael\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922268471\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Nov 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books, now available in a smaller, competitively priced format.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat literature is thrilling. It will feed your hungry mind and take your heart on a journey. It will help you on the wonderful path to one of life's most elusive and hard-won freedoms, freedom from the ego.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a book about the sheer joy of living, exploring forty texts that can enrich us in all manner of ways. Some are recent, such as Harry Potter; some ancient, such as Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world's great novels, from George Eliot's\u003ci\u003e Middlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e to Toni Morrison's\u003ci\u003e Beloved\u003c\/i\u003e. This book uses them to muse upon life in all its glorious complexity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur guide, in entertaining short accounts of personal encounters with these works, is Michael McGirr: schoolteacher and father, reviewer of hundreds of books and lifelong lover of literature. His humour and insight shine through in essays that connect the texts he has selected with each other, and connect us to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the ideal companion for a keen reader-and it may just inspire someone you know to become one, too. Never prescriptive, and often very funny, \u003ci\u003eBooks that Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to reflect on the extraordinary gift of reading. \u003ci\u003e'It is a gift that is taking me a lifetime to unwrap\u003c\/i\u003e,' McGirr writes.\u003ci\u003e 'The excitement has never worn off.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185125535902,"sku":"UBD-9781922268471","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922268471.jpg?v=1787485736","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922268471","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}