{"product_id":"things-in-nature-merely-grow-paperback","title":"Things In Nature Merely Grow (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MEMOIR 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘The best book I have read this year’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Masterly … I'm in awe’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSALMAN RUSHDIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Beautiful’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Extraordinary’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e SARAH MOSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A formidable testament to a mother’s love’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSARA COLLINS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘There is no good way to say this,’ Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no good way to say this – because words fall short. In this remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance, Li turns to thinking and searching for words that might hold a place for her son, James. Li does ‘the things that work’: including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThings in Nature Merely Grow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a testament to Li’s indomitable spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yiyun Li","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46990436925618,"sku":"9780008753849","price":330.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780008753849.jpg?v=1778136003","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}