{"product_id":"when-i-was-a-child-i-read-books","title":"When I Was A Child I Read Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the magnificent, award-winning novels GILEAD, HOME and LILA comes this wonderful, heart-warming collection of essays about reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Grace and intelligence ...[her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human'' Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilynne Robinson is not only a writer of sharp, subtly moving fiction, but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In this luminous collection she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her bestselling novels: the place literature has in life, the role of faith in modern living, the contradictions inherent in human nature. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our best-loved writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303568482686,"sku":"NW9781844087723","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781844087723.jpg?v=1778257824","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/when-i-was-a-child-i-read-books","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}