{"product_id":"9780008753870","title":"Things in Nature Merely Grow","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'The best book I have read this year' DAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Beautiful' DOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Extraordinary' SARAH MOSS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A formidable testament to a mother's love' 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\u003e There 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. Things in Nature Merely Grow is a testament to Li's indomitable spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction 2026 \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2025\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2025\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'To state that this courageous book is a testament to love is an understatement. One is left altered by it' \n\u003cbr\u003e Observer\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Unlike any other book I've read ... an unforgettable monument to endurance' \n\u003cbr\u003e Sunday Times\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A book that has not a single spare word in it ... I loved it so much' Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A meditation on living and radical acceptance' \n\u003cbr\u003e Guardian\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A memoir unlike others, strange and profound and fiercely determined not to look away' \n\u003cbr\u003e New York Times\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'One of the most astounding memoirs I have ever read' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'I will return to it for the rest of my life' Charlotte Wood, author of Stone Yard Devotional\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A manifesto of living, not dying' Sinéad Gleeson, The Week\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48228521902315,"sku":"EB_LI0700_B04-03_SIMS","price":39.19,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780008753870-1.jpg?v=1783481589","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780008753870","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}