{"product_id":"bookish-how-reading-shaped-our-lives","title":"Bookish : How Reading Shaped Our Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bookworm's delight'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSara Collins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e| 'A gorgeous hug of a book - funny, warm and charming'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e| 'Comforting, funny and moving'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSali Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e| 'Lucy Mangan on books is like butter on toast: perfect'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaitlin Moran\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e[Mangan] makes for a wonderfully incisive critic'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From exploring the stacks as a student, to finding her feet as a bookseller-turned-journalist, falling for a fellow bookworm in an independent bookshop, escaping the doldrums of new motherhood and finally building a (book) room of her own, \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a life spent falling in love with reading. \u003ci\u003eBookworm\u003c\/i\u003e author Lucy Mangan chronicles her years of buying, borrowing and hoarding everything from well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brimming with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations, this book is an ode to the bookish places - from local libraries to bookstores big and small - and the stories that make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Bookish : How Reading Shaped Our Lives","offer_id":44646533693637,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5291-1012-8.jpg?v=1744161479","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/bookish-how-reading-shaped-our-lives","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}