{"product_id":"the-things-we-live-with-gemma-nisbet-9780645536805","title":"The Things We Live With","description":"\u003cp\u003eA meditation on the burden and joy of inheritance, and the strange power of the objects and keepsakes that connect us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is how I became interested in things. In their strange pull and power; in the ways they hold on to us and we to them.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her father dies of cancer, Gemma Nisbet is inundated with keepsakes connected to his life by family and friends. As she becomes attuned to the ways certain items can evoke specific memories or moments, she begins to ask questions about the relationships between objects and people. Why is it so difficult to discard some artefacts and not others? Does the power exerted by precious things influence the ways we remember the past and perceive the future? As Nisbet considers her father's life and begins to connect his experiences of mental illness with her own, she wonders whether hanging on to 'stuff' is ultimately a source of comfort or concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate and wide-ranging, \u003cem\u003eThe Things We Live With\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays about how we learn to live with the 'things' handed down in families which we carry throughout our lives: not only material objects, but also grief, memory, anxiety and depression. It's about notions of home and restlessness, inheritance and belonging - and, above all, the ways we tell our stories to ourselves and other people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gemma Nisbet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645536806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645536805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upswell Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.39d","brand":"Gemma Nisbet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799386271999,"sku":"9780645536805","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-things-we-live-with-gemma-nisbet-9780645536805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}