{"product_id":"you-could-make-this-place-beautiful-a-memoir","title":"You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaggie Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781982185855\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAtria\/One Signal Publishers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A bittersweet study in both grief and joy.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e---\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A sparklingly beautiful memoir-in-vignettes\" (Isaac Fitzgerald, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) that explores coming of age in your middle age--from the bestselling poet and author of \u003ci\u003eKeep Moving\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her memoir \u003ci\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself. The book begins with one woman's personal heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, like the work of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Gina Frangello, is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard for herself. Above all, this memoir is \"extraordinary\" (Ann Patchett) in the way that it reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our own power and make something new and beautiful.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Atria\/One Signal Publishers","offers":[{"title":"You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir | Maggie Smith | Hardcover | 9781982185855 | Used: Like New | Memoir 1787310 (temp: 27)","offer_id":50855237124354,"sku":"1787310","price":35.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71VPLTBFm7L.jpg?v=1792795033","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/you-could-make-this-place-beautiful-a-memoir","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}