{"product_id":"moments-of-glad-grace-alison-wearing-9781770415133","title":"Moments of Glad Grace: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written and perfectly executed from first to last sentence.\" -- Yann Martel, author of \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A richly layered journey, charmingly told.\" -- Plum Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eThey Left Us Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA moving and witty memoir about a daughter's evolving relationship with her aging father and their shared journey to belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, Joe invites his daughter Alison to come along as his research assistant, which might have worked very well had she any interest -- any at all -- in genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery quickly, the father-daughter pilgrimage becomes more comical than fruitful, more of a bittersweet adventure than a studious mission. And rather than rigorous genealogy, their explorations move into the realm of family and forgiveness, the primal search for identity and belonging, and questions about responsibility to our ancestors and the extent to which we are shaped by the people who came before us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough continually bursting with humor, \u003ci\u003eMoments of Glad Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about identity, history, and ultimately becomes a song of appreciation for the precious and limited time we have with our parents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Wearing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770415130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770415133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2020","brand":"Alison Wearing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044149588223,"sku":"9781770415133","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55fa4585-9ca8-455d-9279-b19221ef53bb.jpg?v=1684971215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moments-of-glad-grace-alison-wearing-9781770415133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}