{"product_id":"things-in-nature-merely-grow-by-yiyun-li-9780008753849","title":"Things in Nature Merely Grow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The best book I have read this year’\u003c\/strong\u003e – David Nicholls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Beautiful’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Douglas Stuart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Extraordinary’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Sarah Moss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A formidable testament to a mother’s love’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Sara Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘There is no good way to say this,’ Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no good way to say this – because words fall short. In this remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance, Li turns to thinking and searching for words that might hold a place for her son, James. Li does ‘the things that work’: including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death. \u003cem\u003eThings in Nature Merely Grow\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to Li’s indomitable spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘To state that this courageous book is a testament to love is an understatement. One is left altered by it’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Unlike any other book I've read … an unforgettable monument to endurance’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A book that has not a single spare word in it … I loved it so much’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Ann Patchett, author of \u003cem\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A meditation on living and radical acceptance’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A memoir unlike others, strange and profound and fiercely determined not to look away’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the most astounding memoirs I have ever read’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Pandora Sykes, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Do We Know We're Doing It Right?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘I will return to it for the rest of my life’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Charlotte Wood, author of \u003cem\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A manifesto of living, not dying’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Sinéad Gleeson, \u003cem\u003eThe Week\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601940136172,"sku":"9780008753849","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008753849-things-in-nature-merely-grow.jpg?v=1778026762","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-by-yiyun-li-9780008753849","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}