{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-book-hardcover","title":"How To Read A Book (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The perfect pick to really light a fire under my\nbook club, and yours....A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in\nthis world.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful, big-hearted treasure of a novel.\"\n--Lily King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller * From the award-winning author\nof \u003ci\u003eThe One-in-a-Million Boy\u003c\/i\u003e comes a heartfelt, uplifting novel\nabout a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely\nfriendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at\nnight. Mine is an innocent, unsuspecting, eternally sixty-one-year-old woman\nnamed Lorraine Daigle...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eViolet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott\nFalls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for\na drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHarriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the\nprison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips\nwith the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen the three encounter each other one morning in a\nbookstore in Portland--Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison\nbook club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women\nwho remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman--their lives\nbegin to intersect in transformative ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Book\u003c\/i\u003e is an unsparingly honest and\nprofoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and\nthe power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth\nof understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the\ndecisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A deeply humane and touching novel; highly\nrecommended for book clubs and fans of Shelby Van Pelt's \u003ci\u003eRemarkably\nBright Creatures.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, memoirist, and\nplaywright; a recipient of the Maine Humanities Council Carlson Prize for\ncontributions to the public humanities; and a recipient of the Maine Writers\nand Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to\nthe literary arts. She lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband, Dan Abbott,\nand their cat, Susie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45014392602831,"sku":"9780063243682","price":33.25,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bcd11917-8f97-4fb8-8c75-f55d7252e05f.jpg?v=1777857189","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/how-to-read-a-book-hardcover","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}