{"product_id":"9781936071470","title":"Vanishing","description":"The fourth of Candida Lawrence’s stand-alone\u003cbr\u003ememoirs, the collection of pieces that is Vanishing\u003cbr\u003ereveals a life-long awareness of human fragility and\u003cbr\u003ethe constant proximity of alienation and separation.\u003cbr\u003eA survivor in the truest sense and a woman with\u003cbr\u003ethe greatest personal resilience, Candida Lawrence\u003cbr\u003erecalls what it is to make each day an assertion of\u003cbr\u003eindependence. Her deeply felt remembrances\u003cbr\u003ealways grant us an honest account of what it is\u003cbr\u003eto live in this unstable world. And the pieces that\u003cbr\u003emake up Vanishing are no exception.\u003cbr\u003eVanishing opens with Lawrence’s childhood distrust\u003cbr\u003eof men’s use of words and an assertion that she\u003cbr\u003ewill ever write only truth. By the second piece in\u003cbr\u003ethis volume it comes clear that there is no subject\u003cbr\u003eshe will not address with an eloquent, understated\u003cbr\u003ehonesty that reveals her heart and her mind and\u003cbr\u003eher constant resistance to expectation. By the end\u003cbr\u003eof this volume what comes clearest is her sense\u003cbr\u003ethat modernity has separated us from the most real\u003cbr\u003eemotions and the most sensible attachments.\u003cbr\u003eAs always, Lawrence’s writing is filled with smart,\u003cbr\u003egentle anger, sweet sadness, and the most private\u003cbr\u003esense of what is vital and important.\u003cbr\u003eTo read this memoir is not only to know a remarkable\u003cbr\u003ewoman; reading all of Lawrence is to see the world\u003cbr\u003ethrough eyes that are unblinking over sixty five\u003cbr\u003eyears.","brand":"Unbridled Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180151324912,"sku":"9781936071470","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936071470_p0.jpg?v=1763658360","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936071470","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}