{"product_id":"9781501105975","title":"Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Giffels does well as a voice of the Midwest…but this is for everyone.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Way on Purpose\u003c\/i\u003e, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one’s Midwest roots and seeking a father’s wisdom through an unusual woodworking project—constructing his own coffin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Giffels grew up fascinated by his father’s dusty, tool-strewn workshop and the countless creations—some practical, others fantastical—it inspired. So when he enlisted his eighty-one-year-old dad to help him with the unusual project of building his own casket, he thought of it mostly as an opportunity to sharpen his woodworking skills and to spend time together. But life, as it usually does, had other plans.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe unexpected deaths of his mother and, a year later, his best friend, coupled with the dawning realization that his father wouldn’t be around forever for such offbeat adventures—and neither would he—led to a harsh confrontation with mortality and loss.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOver the course of several seasons, Giffels returned to his father’s barn in rural Ohio, a place cluttered with heirloom tools, exotic wood scraps, and long memory, to continue a pursuit that grew into a meditation on grief and optimism, a quest for enlightenment, and a way to cherish time with an aging parent.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith wisdom and humor, Giffels grapples with some of the hardest questions we all face as he and his father saw, hammer, and sand their way through a year bowed by loss. \u003ci\u003eFurnishing Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a family searching for hope in its roots and the unexpected truths we arrive at in the process of creating and constructing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHeartfelt, unvarnished, and piercing with insight, this powerful memoir is Giffels’s most intimate exploration yet of the values and traditions that illuminate the Midwest.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132124217584,"sku":"9781501105975","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501105975_p0.jpg?v=1763706783","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501105975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}