{"product_id":"9781449770945","title":"Gifts of Sight","description":"\u003cp\u003e“We look to memoirs for guidance, instruction from the lives of others, cautionary tales perhaps and, if we’re lucky, inspiration.  If we also get a clear view of abundant humanity, we count it as a bonus.  Gifts of Sight is that kind of rare memoir.  With skill, irony toward himself, and a clear and moral love of his fellow-man, Bruce Shields has written a book that is in part the account of an ‘eye doctor,’ in part a meditation on the courage of his patients, and in great part a metaphor for Life itself.  Gifts of Sight, meditative and Chekhovian, is already a classic as it leaves the author’s pen; it should become perceived as one of the great ‘quiet’ American tales, in which a concerned and thoughtful doctor addresses the word vision in all its meanings.” \u003cbr\u003e—Frank Delaney\u003cbr\u003e New York Times bestselling author of Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WestBowPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143134724336,"sku":"9781449770945","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449770945_p0.jpg?v=1763836182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449770945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}