{"product_id":"big-reader-susan-olding-9781988298818","title":"Big Reader: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book about memory, loss, and a love of books from one of Canada's finest essayists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since childhood, Susan Olding has been a big reader, never without a book on the go. Not surprising, then, that she turns to the library to read her own life. From the dissolution of her marriage to the forging of a tentative relationship with her new partner's daughter, from discovering Toronto as a young undergrad to, years later, watching her mother slowly go blind: through every experience, Olding crafts exquisite, searingly honest essays about what it means to be human, to be a woman--and to be a reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, achingly beautiful collection about the slipperiness of memory and identity, the enduring legacy of loss, and the nuanced disappointments and joys of a reading life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Olding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988298814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988298818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FreeHand Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Susan Olding","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982371619071,"sku":"9781988298818","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1a3ffc3-3de5-42e6-9400-9b0917d0d5e0.jpg?v=1683260774","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-reader-susan-olding-9781988298818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}