{"product_id":"things-in-nature-merely-grow-yiyun-li","title":"Things in Nature Merely Grow","description":"\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","brand":"Yiyun Li","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47939746201844,"sku":"NF-HLP-G-53849","price":5100.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/4440\/3700\/files\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-yiyun-li-wild-sage.jpg?v=1777832949","url":"https:\/\/wildandthesage.com\/products\/things-in-nature-merely-grow-yiyun-li","provider":"Wild and the Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}