{"product_id":"i-love-a-broad-margin-to-my-life-9780307454591","title":"I Love a Broad Margin to My Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChina Men\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] graceful meditation. . . . Achieves meaningful insights into the art of living.\"\u003ci\u003e --Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gentle, meandering memoir, organized as a long poem. . . . Cinematic and sensual.\u003ci\u003e\" --San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAs Maxine Hong Kingston reflects on sixty-five years, she circles from present to past and back, from lunch with a writer friend to the funeral of a Vietnam veteran, from her long marriage to her arrest at a peace march in Washington. On her journeys as writer, peace activist, teacher, and mother, she revisits her most beloved characters--Wittman Ah-Sing, the Tripmaster Monkey, and Fa Mook Lan, the Woman Warrior--and presents us with a beautiful meditation on China then and now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a marvelous account of an American life of great purpose and joy, and the tonic wisdom of a writer we have come to cherish. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine Hong Kingston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307454591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2012 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Book of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle award, the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal, the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award. For many years a Senior Lecturer for Creative Writing at UC Berkeley, she lives in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332417650803,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_623e3e42-d05e-4f5d-9317-1e76796f6d96.jpg?v=1754656894","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/i-love-a-broad-margin-to-my-life-9780307454591","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}