{"product_id":"9780374709419","title":"When I Was a Child I Read Books","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since the 1981 publication of her stunning debut, \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist (her second novel, \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize) but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. Her compelling and demanding collection \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Adam\u003c\/i\u003e—in which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism, and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinism—is respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as “a useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit.” In \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Child I Read Books \u003c\/i\u003eshe returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “Austerity as Ideology,” she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challengin. In “Open Thy Hand Wide” she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in “When I Was a Child,” one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077662589168,"sku":"9780374709419","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374709419_p0.jpg?v=1763690989","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374709419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}