{"product_id":"pathologies-susan-olding-9781551119304","title":"Pathologies: A Life in Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these fifteen searingly honest personal essays, debut author Susan Olding takes us on an unforgettable journey into the complex heart of being human. Each essay dissects an aspect of Olding's life experience--from her vexed relationship with her father to her tricky dealings with her female peers; from her work as a counsellor and teacher to her persistent desire, despite struggles with infertility, to have children of her own. In a suite of essays forming the emotional climax of the book, Olding bravely recounts the adoption of her daughter, Maia, from an orphanage in China, and tells us the story of Maia's difficult adaptation to the unfamiliar state of being loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with as much lyricism, detail, and artfulness as the best short stories, the essays in \u003ci\u003ePathologies\u003c\/i\u003e provide all the pleasures of fiction combined with the enrichment derived from the careful presentation of fact. Susan Olding is indisputably one of Canada's finest new writers, one who has taken the challenging, much-underused form of the literary essay and made it her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Olding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551119307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551119304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FreeHand Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 54","brand":"Susan Olding","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985116561663,"sku":"9781551119304","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f56c1a80-fe8c-4e87-a365-5f83046fe164.jpg?v=1683275641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pathologies-susan-olding-9781551119304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}