{"product_id":"lives-other-than-my-own-a-memoir-9781250473950","title":"Lives Other Than My Own: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AS ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA singular, deeply moving memoir of human connection in the wake of devastating loss, by the \"prodigiously talented\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Sri Lanka, a tsunami sweeps a child out to sea, her grandfather helpless against the onrushing water. In France, a woman succumbs to cancer, leaving a hole in the lives of her loved ones. Present at both events is Emmanuel Carrère, who sets out to tell the story of two families shattered and ultimately restored. What he accomplishes is nothing short of a literary miracle: a heartrending narrative of endless love, a meditation on courage and decency in the face of adversity, and an intimate and reverent look at the extraordinary beauty and nobility of ordinary lives. As he tells the stories of those touched by loss--most memorably, an unsentimental, one-legged judge who has made a career of fighting for France's most vulnerable--Carrère himself, a longtime chronicler of his own tormented psyche, unexpectedly finds consolation and fulfillment in immersing himself in the lives of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250473950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Emmanuel Carr\u0026#195;\u0026#168;re","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801335787701,"sku":"9781250473950","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lives-other-than-my-own-a-memoir-9781250473950","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}