{"product_id":"between-you-me-mary-norris-9780393240184","title":"Between You \u0026 Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Norris has spent more than three decades in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBetween You \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/em\u003e features Norris's laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage--comma faults, danglers, \"who\" vs. \"whom,\" \"that\" vs. \"which,\" compound words, gender-neutral language--and her clear explanations of how to handle them. Down-to-earth and always open-minded, she draws on examples from Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and the Lord's Prayer, as well as from \u003cem\u003eThe Honeymooners\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/em\u003e, David Foster Wallace, and Gillian Flynn. She takes us to see a copy of Noah Webster's groundbreaking Blue-Back Speller, on a quest to find out who put the hyphen in \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, on a pilgrimage to the world's only pencil-sharpener museum, and inside the hallowed halls of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and her work with such celebrated writers as Pauline Kael, Philip Roth, and George Saunders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders--and writers--will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise and witty new friend in love with language and alive to the glories of its use in America, even in the age of autocorrect and spell-check. As Norris writes, \"The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Norris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393240185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393240184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.80w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2015 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2015 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2015 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2015 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Mary Norris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919655239935,"sku":"9780393240184","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5a19ca34-fc1c-4b68-8969-cc9c46273fd8.jpg?v=1680810583","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-you-me-mary-norris-9780393240184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}