{"product_id":"book-jap1","title":"Women Holding Things \u0026 Still Life with Remorse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Principles of Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Things\u003c\/em\u003e comes a collection of moving meditations on the beauty and complexity of women's lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold, and on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen Holding Things\u003c\/em\u003e includes thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations about portraits of women, both ordinary and famous. These women hold a range of objects, from the mundane-balloons, a cup, a whisk, a chicken, a hat-to the abstract-dreams and disappointments, sorrow and regret, joy and love. Kalman considers the many things that fit physically and metaphorically between women's hands: We see a woman hold a book, hold shears, hold children, hold a grudge, hold up, hold her own. In telling their stories, Kalman lays bare the essence of women's lives-their tenacity, courage, vulnerability, hope, and pain. Ultimately, she reveals that many of the things we hold dear-as well as those that burden or haunt us-remain constant and connect us from generation to generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaira Kalman's most autobiographical and intimate work to date, \u003cem\u003eStill Life with Remorse\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful collection of deeply personal stories. Tracing her family's story from her grandfather's birth in Belarus and emigration to Tel Aviv-where she was born-Maira considers her unique family history, illuminating the complex relationship between recollection, regret, happiness, and heritage. In addition to vignettes exploring her Israeli and Jewish roots, Kalman includes short stories about other great artists, writers, and composers. Through these narratives, Kalman uses her signature wit and tenderness to reveal how family history plays an influential role in all of our work, lives, and perspectives. A feat of storytelling and vulnerability, \u003cem\u003eStill Life with Remorse\u003c\/em\u003e explores the profound hidden in the quotidian, and illuminates the powerful universal truths in our most personal family stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49280469139760,"sku":"BDjap1","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jap1-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777640488","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jap1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}