{"product_id":"shattered-a-memoir-9780063360501","title":"Shattered: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, he realized he could no longer walk. He could do nothing without the help of others and required constant care in a hospital. So began a yearlong odyssey through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, with the hope of somehow being able to return home to his house in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile confined to a series of hospital wards, he felt compelled to write, but being unable to type or hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words that formed in his head--thoughts on his medical condition, but also parenthood, immigration, sex, psychoanalysis, and, of course, writing. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed: a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, humor, and verve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShattered\u003c\/em\u003e takes these dispatches--edited, expanded, and meticulously interwoven with new writing--and charts both a shattering and a reassembling: a new life born of pain and loss but also animated by new feelings of gratitude, humility, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanif Kureishi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.87w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063360501","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311278522505,"sku":"9780063360501","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e2fd41e6-b4d3-4059-8498-f40205f71b39.jpg?v=1738050586","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/shattered-a-memoir-9780063360501","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}