{"product_id":"hamlets-dresser","title":"Hamlet's Dresser","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHamlet's Dresser\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBob Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780684852706\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe true story of a boy whose life was saved by literature, \u003ci\u003eHamlet's Dresser\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a person made whole by art. Bob Smith's childhood was a fragile and lonely one, spent largely caring for his handicapped sister, Carolyn. But at age ten, his local librarian gave him a copy of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice, \u003c\/i\u003e and it transformed him. In Bob's first look at Shakespeare's penetrating language -- In sooth I know not why I am so sad -- he had found a window through which to view the world. Years later, when the American Shakespeare Festival moved into Stratford and Smith was hired as Hamlet's dresser, his life's passion took shape. \u003cbr\u003e Blending tragedy and comedy, Smith gracefully weaves together his childhood memories with his experiences backstage and teaching the plays. The result is a gorgeous, tender, infectious book about the restorative powers of literature and art\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Hamlet's Dresser | Bob Smith | Paperback | 9780684852706 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1681833","offer_id":50800933568770,"sku":"1681833","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/610P7b5LEgL.jpg?v=1792404633","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/hamlets-dresser","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}