{"product_id":"humanity-is-trying-jason-gots-9781335652942","title":"Humanity Is Trying: Experiments in Living with Grief, Finding Connection, and Resisting Easy Answers","description":"\"A truly beautiful, wise, raw, subtle book.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Robert MacFarlane, author of \u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy sister and I are driving south toward Graceland in her beat-up red Saturn, both in need of refuge, both running from different things. Her bumper sticker reads \"Humanity Is Trying.\" It's a triple entendre, she explains: Humanity is exhausting. Humanity is struggle. Humanity is doing the best it knows how.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHumanity Is Trying\u003c\/em\u003e is several books in one. It's a memoir about the love and the loss of a sister and a best friend. It's the story of a series of escape attempts--cowardly, courageous, harmful, and hopeful--experiments in freedom from the stories that limit us. And it's a record of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth with the help of friends, psychedelics, art, and spiritual practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Jason Gots, creator of the podcasts \u003cem\u003eThink Again\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eClever Creature\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a philosophical love letter to the slow, messy work of building a life and living with your dreams in the face of reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Gots\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1335652949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335652942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Jason Gots","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049891492095,"sku":"9781335652942","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2571fd98-0ce2-463b-8931-a98d1f8d3d4f.jpg?v=1685004002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humanity-is-trying-jason-gots-9781335652942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}