{"product_id":"one-good-thing-a-living-memoir-9781772012842","title":"One Good Thing: A Living Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Good Thing \u003c\/i\u003eis a charming collision of memoir with the living, exuberant, and vulnerable natural world. Written in sixty-four short epistolary chapters, M.A.C. Farrant's latest offering represents a search for hope and appeasement in a rapidly changing and often perplexing society. \u003ci\u003eOne Good Thing \u003c\/i\u003eis also an homage to gardening columnist extraordinaire Helen Chesnut of Victoria's \u003ci\u003eTimes Colonist\u003c\/i\u003e, each section of the book focusing and expanding on one of her gardening columns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a familiar \"Dear Helen\" structure, almost every piece in \u003ci\u003eOne Good Thing \u003c\/i\u003eintimately and playfully relates to the gardening article that gave rise to it while simultaneously ranging into myriad other topics, including the author's creative practice, personal and familial details, and comic riffs on a number of close-to-the-heart themes. With a mindful persistence that's often hilarious, the book strives to find personal \"calm abidance\" through the practice of gardening as mediated by the universal and personal practice of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. a. C. Farrant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772012842","brand":"Talonbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45089865072777,"sku":"9781772012842","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4646256b-688c-44ce-afa7-5d0f419a5bbd.jpg?v=1766477336","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/one-good-thing-a-living-memoir-9781772012842","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}