{"product_id":"loves-work-by-gillian-rose","title":"Love's Work by Gillian Rose","description":"\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary, uncompromising and consoling celebration of a life - through childhood, faith, family, love, friendship, pain and loss - written as its author was facing her own mortality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGillian Rose was a star academic, acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original thinkers of her time. Told that she had incurable cancer, she found a new way to explore the world and herself. Tender, heartbreakingly honest and written with moments of surprising humour, \u003ci\u003eLove's Work\u003c\/i\u003e is the exhilarating result.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this short, unforgettable memoir, Rose looks back on\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e her childhood, from the young dyslexic girl, torn between father and stepfather, to the adolescent confronting her Jewish inheritance. As an adult, Gillian Rose proves herself a passionate friend, a searcher for truth, a woman in love and, finally, an exacting but generous patient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntertwining the personal and the philosophical, Rose meditates on faith, conflict and injustice; the fallibility and endurance of love; our yearning for independence and for connection to others. With droll self-knowledge ('I am highly qualified in unhappy love affairs,' Rose writes) and with unsettling wisdom ('To live, to love, is to be failed'), \u003ci\u003eLove's Work\u003c\/i\u003e asks the unanswerable question: how is a life best lived?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279332323573,"sku":"9780241645499","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/9446\/7737\/files\/lw.jpg?v=1781718966","url":"https:\/\/wonderpens.ca\/products\/loves-work-by-gillian-rose","provider":"Wonder Pens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}