{"product_id":"no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328507976","title":"No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters","description":"\u003ci\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: \u003c\/i\u003e\"If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn cultural perceptions of fantasy: \u003c\/i\u003e \"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn breakfast: \u003c\/i\u003e \"Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. The collected best of Ursula's blog, No Time to Spare presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: \"How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them.\" -- Melissa Febos, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Witty . . . deeply observed.\" -- \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A book that truly does matter.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328507976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648989524124,"sku":"9781328507976","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8c8d7b20-0013-4b0f-9254-d456f7ff372e.jpg?v=1603871667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328507976","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}