{"product_id":"books-that-saved-my-life","title":"Books that Saved My Life","description":"A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are forty texts to read at some stage in your life: forty texts that can enrich you in all manner of ways. Some are recent, like Harry Potter; some ancient, like Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world's great novels, from George Eliot's \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e to Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur guide, in entertaining short essays about personal encounters with each of these works, is Michael McGirr: schoolteacher and former priest, reviewer of hundreds of novels and lifelong lover of literature. His humour and insight shine through in stories that connect the texts he has selected with each other, and connect us to them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever prescriptive, and often very funny, this book is an invitation to reflect on-and share with others-the extraordinary gift of reading. 'It is a gift that is taking me a lifetime to unwrap,' McGirr writes. 'The excitement has never worn off.'","brand":"Michael McGirr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516785098813,"sku":null,"price":33.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925773149.jpg?v=1787572941","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/books-that-saved-my-life","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}