{"product_id":"9781499000979","title":"I Remember...","description":"“Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to\u003cbr\u003ebemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if I don’t have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write\u003cbr\u003efor myself.”—ANN FRANK, A Diary of a Young Girl.\u003cbr\u003eAnd that was what I did, sitting at the kitchen table, pencil in hand, Oxford\u003cbr\u003eDictionary of Current English and a pencil sharpener beside me. It was daunting at\u003cbr\u003ethe beginning, putting pencil to paper, and I could not remember the number of times\u003cbr\u003eI stared blankly at the refrigerator facing me in the kitchen, scouring my mind to\u003cbr\u003erecollect memories of past events. Somehow, the encouraging words from the books\u003cbr\u003eI had read to prepare me for this journey seemed to ‘lubricate’ the long stagnant\u003cbr\u003e‘gears’ of my mind and I ‘just do it’—the way I wanted it to be done.","brand":"Xlibris AU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131083866352,"sku":"9781499000979","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781499000979_p0.jpg?v=1763704362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499000979","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}