{"product_id":"things-in-nature-merely-grow","title":"things in nature merely grow","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"txtcont\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"origintxt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘There is no good way to say this,’ Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\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\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"txtcont\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"origintxt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYiyun Li \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of twelve books of fiction and non-fiction. She is the recipient of many awards, including a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Book Award, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShort Story Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award, an International Writer Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a MacArthur Fellowship and a Windham-Campbell Prize, and she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThings in Nature Merely Grow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the winner of the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction, and was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction. In 2026, Li was named as one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's 100 Most Influential People of the Year. She is the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"4th Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49068070437123,"sku":null,"price":81.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-1.jpg?v=1782895274","url":"https:\/\/grassrootsbookroom.com\/products\/things-in-nature-merely-grow","provider":"草根书室","version":"1.0","type":"link"}