{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-book-by-monica-wood","title":"How to Read a Book by Monica Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOgaEeKiBFILZLv4-oHZBUpW0dGGOkpAtndqZXl-UUp8SGZJTiqQ75FfrlCSrxCUmpiikKgANjE2thYAWrbQdXcAAAA\u0026amp;R=81338758\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eMariner Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at night. Mine is an innocent, unsuspecting, eternally sixty-one-year-old woman named Lorraine Daigle...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this emotional book club fiction, Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland--Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman--their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about forgiveness, letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51950740472101,"sku":"9780063243675","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780063243675.gif?v=1769726650","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/how-to-read-a-book-by-monica-wood","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}