{"product_id":"things-in-nature-merely-grow-9780008778156","title":"Things in Nature Merely Grow","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025\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\u003eThere 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\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'To state that this courageous book is a testament to love is an understatement. One is left altered by it' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'Unlike any other book I've read ... an unforgettable monument to endurance' Sunday Times\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'A meditation on living and radical acceptance' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'A memoir unlike others, strange and profound and fiercely determined not to look away' New York Times\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":"Yiyun Li","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49146931511547,"sku":"9780008778156","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9780008778156_jpg.webp?v=1785988121","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-9780008778156","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}