{"product_id":"w-3-paperback","title":"W-3 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBette Howland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn extraordinary portrait of a brilliant mind on the brink: A new edition of the 1974 memoir by the author of the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e. With an introduction by Yiyun Li.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life could begin. At last it had dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the author of the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e, the account of a brilliant mind on the brink. In 1968, Bette Howland was thirty-one, a single mother of two young sons, struggling to support her family on the part-time salary of a librarian; and laboring day and night at her typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, while staying at her friend Saul Bellow's apartment, she swallowed a bottle of pills. \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e is both an extraordinary portrait of the community of Ward 3, the psychiatric wing of the Chicago hospital where she was admitted; and record of a defining moment in a writer's life. The book itself would be her salvation: she wrote herself out of the grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1974, the memoir that launched Bette Howland's career is being reissued as part of A Public Space's ongoing revival of \"one of the significant writers of her generation.\" (Saul Bellow) With a new introduction by Yiyun Li.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBette Howland\u003c\/strong\u003e (1937-2017) published three books in her lifetime: \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e, and the story collections \u003cem\u003eBlue in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThings to Come and Go\u003c\/em\u003e. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e, her selected stories, was published in 2019, restoring to the canon the work of a remarkable writer. She was born and raised in Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYiyun Li\u003c\/strong\u003e's books include \u003cem\u003eWhere Reasons End\u003c\/em\u003e, which received the 2019 PEN\/Jean Stein Award; the essay collection \u003cem\u003eDear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life\u003c\/em\u003e; and the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Vagrants\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMust I Go\u003c\/em\u003e. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and Windham-Campbell Prize, among other honors, she teaches at Princeton University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767232135456,"sku":"9781736370902","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20563af0cf1c79549453089967a4ccea.webp?v=1780307156","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/w-3-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}