{"product_id":"book-ggux","title":"You Could Make This Place Beautiful","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Memoir of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A bittersweet study in both grief and joy.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e­—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A sparklingly beautiful memoir-in-vignettes” (Isaac Fitzgerald, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) that explores coming of age in your middle age—from the bestselling poet and author of \u003ci\u003eKeep Moving\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn her memoir \u003ci\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself. The book begins with one woman’s personal heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she’s known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, like the work of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Gina Frangello, is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. It is a story about a mother’s fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman’s love and regard for herself. Above all, this memoir is “extraordinary” (Ann Patchett) in the way that it reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something new and beautiful.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346652307760,"sku":"10ggux","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346652274992,"sku":"BDggux","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/383955-ggux-Square.jpg?v=1734169261","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ggux","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}