{"product_id":"book-2","title":"Book","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle’s latest prose publication \u003ci\u003eThe Book, \u003c\/i\u003enow in softcover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrue to its bold title, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e affirms Mary Ruefle’s legacy as (dubbed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) “the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the same curiosity found in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ruefle’s prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. “It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,” she writes. “Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?” In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57434468417918,"sku":"NW9798891060043","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798891060043.jpg?v=1779101172","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/book-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}