{"product_id":"9780375503962","title":"Life Is So Good","description":"     \u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e        \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003eWhat makes a happy person, a   happy life? In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who   learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his   father--a belief that \"life is so good\"--as he offers valuable lessons in living   and a fresh, firsthand view of America during the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e                                                                \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e   Born in 1898 in Marshall, Texas, the grandson of slaves, George   Dawson\u003cbr\u003e   tells how his father, despite hardships, always believed in seeing   the\u003cbr\u003e   richness in life and trained his children to do the same. As a   boy,George\u003cbr\u003e   had to go to work to help support the family, and so he did not   attend\u003cbr\u003e   school or learn to read; yet he describes how he learned to read   theworld\u003cbr\u003e   and survive in it. \"We make our own way,\" he says. \"Trouble is out   there,\u003cbr\u003e   but a person can leave it alone and just do the right thing. Then, if   double  \u003cbr\u003e   still finds you, you've done the best you can.\"At ninety-eight, George   decided  \u003cbr\u003e   to learn to read and enrolled in a literacyprogram, becoming a celebrated     \u003cbr\u003estudent.   \"Every morning I get up and Iwonder what I might learn that day.   \u003cbr\u003eYou just never know.\" \u003c\/font\u003e         \u003c\/p\u003e                              \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLife Is So Good\u003c\/em\u003e    , he shares wisdom on everything from parenting   \u003cbr\u003e(\"With children, you got to raise them. Some parents these days are  \u003cbr\u003egrowing children, not raising them\") to attitude (\"People worry too   much.   \u003cbr\u003eLife is good,   just the way it is\").\u003c\/font\u003e      \u003c\/p\u003e        ","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024921313520,"sku":"9780375503962","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375503962_p0.jpg?v=1763691795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375503962","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}