{"product_id":"in-the-form-of-bread-mary-jane-nealon-9781961897946","title":"In the Form of Bread: On Becoming Human","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of vignettes--heartbreaking and often humorous--Nealon explores caregiving as both sacred practice and human risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe looks back to her relationship with a father devastated by the early death of her brother; to tending men--some with AIDS, some drunk, some sober--living in Bowery flophouses; to confronting racism; to the quiet instruction of a dog who teaches attention by gazing back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays ask what price we pay when we offer ourselves wholeheartedly to one another, and what it means to remain open to being more than human in a fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Jane Nealon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961897946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961897946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Way Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.55d","brand":"Mary Jane Nealon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084231680255,"sku":"9781961897946","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-form-of-bread-mary-jane-nealon-9781961897946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}