{"product_id":"reacher-the-stories-behind-the-stories-paperback","title":"Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 8 September 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?” “Yes,” she said. “I like it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom urgently scribbling out his debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKilling Floor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, and everything in between, here are 24 fascinating personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing, to facing his first computer and the coming of the internet, to writing about New York just before – and just after – 9⁄11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen … each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was, psychologically and physically, when he wrote each novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these honest, witty and wise reflections were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words – ‘why the books turned out the way they did’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around … and who made every word count.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lee Child","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47484359835826,"sku":"9781804998137","price":266.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781804998137.webp?v=1781706597","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/reacher-the-stories-behind-the-stories-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}