{"product_id":"the-love-of-impermanent-things-a-threshold-ecology-9781571312839","title":"The Love of Impermanent Things: A Threshold Ecology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt midlife, Mary Rose O'Reilley writes, we are called to an \"archaeology of memory\"--turning over a potsherd here, a fragment there--to assemble something whole out of the messiness of experience. Excavating her own life, she traces the middle-class Irish American background that shaped her, with its mix of antic humor, terror, and mysticism, and finds meaning in the seemingly smallest, most transient encounters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut O'Reilley's purpose is less to recount these moments than it is to find the language for a different kind of story, in which the narrative of daily life opens to admit the holy and its corollary, the comic. Encouraging all of us to contemplate our own deep story, she calls hers a demo-life, in which the facts of personal history ground a narrative of consciousness and perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarthy and luminous, unconventional and profoundly illuminating, \u003cem\u003eThe Love of Impermanent Things\u003c\/em\u003e offers a threshold ecology for readers of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571312839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.88w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2006 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary Rose O'Reilley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679501283509,"sku":"9781571312839","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-love-of-impermanent-things-a-threshold-ecology-9781571312839","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}