{"product_id":"moments-of-glad-grace-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Moments of Glad Grace: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Wearing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written and perfectly executed from first to last sentence.\" -- Yann Martel, author of \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A richly layered journey, charmingly told.\" -- Plum Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eThey Left Us Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA moving and witty memoir about a daughter's evolving relationship with her aging father and their shared journey to belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, Joe invites his daughter Alison to come along as his research assistant, which might have worked very well had she any interest -- any at all -- in genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery quickly, the father-daughter pilgrimage becomes more comical than fruitful, more of a bittersweet adventure than a studious mission. And rather than rigorous genealogy, their explorations move into the realm of family and forgiveness, the primal search for identity and belonging, and questions about responsibility to our ancestors and the extent to which we are shaped by the people who came before us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough continually bursting with humor, \u003ci\u003eMoments of Glad Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about identity, history, and ultimately becomes a song of appreciation for the precious and limited time we have with our parents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Wearing\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Fairy's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, an Indigo Top 50 pick shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Prize and longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, and \u003ci\u003eHoneymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches, performs solo multimedia plays, and leads writing workshops internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769582879008,"sku":"9781770415133","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39716fb7086fde122b70411727b3dfba.webp?v=1780351240","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/moments-of-glad-grace-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}