{"product_id":"objects-in-mirror-are-closer-pauline-a-g-johansen-9781450273053","title":"Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: A Memoir","description":"Capturing powerful memories of growing up in a large, remarkable, and sometimes surreal household, \u003ci\u003eObjects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear\u003c\/i\u003e provides a glimpse of what life was like for author Pauline A.G. Johansen, one of twelve children in an immigrant, Catholic family.\u003cp\u003e In this memoir, Johansen presents a collection of stories gleaned from living in a large family, where nothing is sacred and the unusual is seen as typical. The story \"Getting to Know the Virgin\" describes growing up Catholic in the 1950s and '60s. \"Once Upon a Time\" tells how house fires became a way of life. \"Poor is a Four-Letter World\" shares tales of camping trips that went very wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Both heartbreaking and humorous, the stories in \u003ci\u003eObjects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear\u003c\/i\u003e are remembrances of events that occurred, an attempt to make sense of why they happened, and a family's responses to both the tragic and the mundane. It explores the past with a view to answering the question, \"How did I get here?\" It also demonstrates there are many ways to be family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pauline A. G. Johansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145027305X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450273053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pauline A. G. Johansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148254912767,"sku":"9781450273053","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/objects-in-mirror-are-closer-pauline-a-g-johansen-9781450273053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}