{"product_id":"the-baltimore-book-of-the-marion-winik-9781640091214","title":"The Baltimore Book of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is both brief and miraculous, and it will be finished before you're ready to let it go. Like life.\" --Ann Patchett, author of \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Cheryl Strayed was asked by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e to name a book she finds herself recommending time and again, she chose \u003ci\u003eThe Glen Rock Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, a decade later, that beloved book has a moving companion volume. \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a new collection of portraits of the dead, weaving an unusual, richly populated memoir of compressed narratives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApproaching mourning and memory with intimacy, humor, and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the story starts in the 1960s in Marion Winik's native New Jersey, winds through Austin, Texas, and rural Pennsylvania, and finally settles in her current home of Baltimore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinik begins with a portrait of her mother, the Alpha, introducing locales and language around which other stories will orbit: the power of family, home, and love; the pain of loss and the tenderness of nostalgia; the backdrop of nature and public events. From there, she goes on to create a highly personal panorama of the last half century of American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Winik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640091211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 66","brand":"Marion Winik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045322551551,"sku":"9781640091214","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf7dddd9-a197-4bc3-a58e-e30878cca95b.jpg?v=1684978063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-baltimore-book-of-the-marion-winik-9781640091214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}