{"product_id":"9780143125105","title":"The Still Point of the Turning World","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant study of the wages of mortal love.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a success? To be a good parent? To live a meaningful life? Emily Rapp thought she knew the answers when she was pregnant with her first child. But everything changed when nine-month-old Ronan was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease, a rare and always-fatal degenerative disorder.  He was not expected to live beyond the age of three. Rapp and her husband were forced to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about parenting and to learn to parent without a future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven before the book’s publication, Rapp set the Internet ablaze with her \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e op-ed piece about parenting a terminally ill child. An immediate bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point of the Turning World\u003c\/i\u003e is Rapp’s memorial to her lost son and an inspiring and exquisitely moving reminder to love and live in the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010581709040,"sku":"9780143125105","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143125105_p0.jpg?v=1763657508","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143125105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}