{"product_id":"9781476753621","title":"The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world’s attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her unforgettable last essay for the \u003ci\u003eYale Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, “The Opposite of Loneliness,” went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. She had struck a chord.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEven though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e is an assem­blage of Marina’s essays and stories that, like \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lecture\u003c\/i\u003e, articulates the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144484897008,"sku":"9781476753621","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476753621_p0.jpg?v=1769893953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476753621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}