{"product_id":"happier-far-essays-paperback","title":"Happier Far: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Mehta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHappier Far\u003c\/i\u003e, Diane Mehta takes us on a funny and engrossing tour of the absurdities and dilemmas of becoming a writer, and how family can sometimes help us and sometimes get in the way. From a vibrant childhood in India to her youth in an unwelcoming New Jersey suburb, from the confusions of marriage and divorce to life as a single parent, she chronicles her search for a family history that can help explain who she is and what matters most to her now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn concert halls, art galleries, parks, cemeteries, and hospitals, Mehta follows her curiosity to imaginatively expand her immediate world. With a voice that's propulsive and ironic, sly and profound, she takes stock: She wrestles with a personal tragedy in a letter to a turtle and reveals the hallucinatory mania of migraines in her interactions with a dog-walking service. She meditates on memory with ghosts of the dead, teaches herself to swim despite chronic pain, connects with her mother by listening to Beethoven's late sonatas, and examines family documents in an effort to pin down the story of her Indian-Jain and Jewish-American parents. Mehta tries to meet the demands of love, marriage, divorce, and parenting, all while figuring out what it takes to express herself clearly. An original and feisty storyteller, Mehta shows us that if you are kicked out of the life you thought you were going to lead, you can still rebuild it and become, as Milton said in \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost, \u003c\/i\u003e \"happier far.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYaddo and Civitella Ranieri fellow DIANE MEHTA is the author of two poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eTiny Extravaganzas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForest with Castanets\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry, criticism, and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Virginia Quarterly Review, Kenyon Review, Times Literary Supplement, American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e A Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a poet in residence at the New Chamber Ballet in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 10.09 x 3.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153005019199,"sku":"9780820373287","price":36.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/OTd7vN2Cb-9780820373287.webp?v=1776943078","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/happier-far-essays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}