{"product_id":"bookish-how-reading-shapes-our-lives","title":"Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important (how) do books prepare us for life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epicks up where\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBookworm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eleft at the cusp of teenage, when everything – including the way we read – undergoes a not-so-subtle transformation. Here, Mangan vividly recounts her metamorphosis from bookworm to bookish adult, from the way GCSE curricula can impact our relationship with literature to the growing pains of swapping the pleasures of re-reading for those of book-hoarding. Revisiting the specific stories that ferried her through navigating various important stages of life – first love, first job, marriage, motherhood, and grief –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emaps the author’s coming-of-age in books and life lessons and sheds valuable light on how a love for reading can be nurtured intergenerationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__gradientOverlay\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Button__container\"\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"Button Button--tertiary Button--medium\" aria-label=\"Tap to show more book description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003eShow more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lucy Mangan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51920008282392,"sku":null,"price":3250.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/1586\/4121\/files\/250321760.jpg?v=1775468261","url":"https:\/\/thelastwordbks.com\/products\/bookish-how-reading-shapes-our-lives","provider":"The Last Word Bks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}