{"product_id":"imperfect-control-judith-viorst-9780684848143","title":"Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her remarkable national bestseller, \u003ci\u003eNecessary Losses, \u003c\/i\u003e Judith Viorst explored how we are shaped by the various losses we experience throughout our lives.\u003c\/b\u003e Now, in her wise and perceptive new book, \u003ci\u003eImperfect Control, \u003c\/i\u003e she shows us how our sense of self and all our important relationships are colored by our struggles over control: over wanting it and taking it, loving it and fearing it, and figuring out when the time has come to surrender it. \u003cbr\u003e Writing with compassion, acute psychological insight, and a touch of her trademark humor, Viorst invites us to contemplate the limits and possibilities of our control. She shows us how our lives can be shaped by our actions and our choices. She reminds us, too, that we sometimes should choose to let go. And she encourages us to find our own best balance between power and surrende\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Viorst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684848147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684848143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Judith Viorst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992275517695,"sku":"9780684848143","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc2b17b-63e6-4788-bd82-2f663834861f.jpg?v=1683315099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperfect-control-judith-viorst-9780684848143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}