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2245053Happilyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/happily/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1869047/240b0ba6-50cf-4597-8932-79dd60161e0a.jpg?v=638464249235470000269374MXNRandom House Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American Southbased on her acclaimed <em>Paris Review</em> column Happily</strong></p><p><strong>One of the most inventive, phenomenally executed books Ive read in decades.Kiese Laymon, author of <em>Heavy</em></strong></p><p><strong>FINALIST FOR THE SOUTHERN BOOK PRIZE</strong></p><p>The literary tradition of the fairy tale has long endured as the vehicle by which we interrogate the laws of reality. These fantastical stories, populated with wolves, kings, and wicked witches, have throughout history served as a template for understanding culture, society, and that muddy terrain we call our collective human psyche. In <em>Happily,</em> Sabrina Orah Mark reimagines the modern fairy tale, turning it inside out and searching it for the wisdom to better understand our contemporary moment in what Mark so incisively calls this strange American weather.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of political upheaval, viral plague, social protest, and climate change, Mark locates the magic in the mundane and illuminates the surreality of life as we know it today. She grapples with a loss of innocence in Sorry, Peter Pan, Were Over You, when her son decides he would rather dress up as Martin Luther King, Jr., than Peter Pan for Halloween. In The Evil Stepmother, Mark finds unlikely communion with wicked wives and examines the roots of their bad reputation. And in Rapunzel, Draft One Thousand, the hunt for a wigmaker in a time of unprecedented civil unrest forces Mark to finally confront her sisters cancer diagnosis and the stories we tell ourselves to get by.</p><p>Revelatory, whimsical, and utterly inspired, <em>Happily</em> is a testament to the singularity of Sabrina Orah Marks voice and the power of the fantastical to reveal essential truths about life, love, and the meaning of family.</p>...2069559Happily269374https://www.gandhi.com.mx/happily/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1869047/240b0ba6-50cf-4597-8932-79dd60161e0a.jpg?v=638464249235470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780593242483_W3siaWQiOiJlNDE2YWU3My04MzM0LTRhMTYtOTE3YS1iNTA4OTU3MzJlZjMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI5MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIyNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMTlUMDQ6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d;9780593242483_W3siaWQiOiIxOTAyMDNkNC1lNDE4LTRjZDEtOTU1My1lZjcyNGVlZTdmYjQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI4MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDg6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780593242483_<p><strong>A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American Southbased on her acclaimed <em>Paris Review</em> column Happily</strong></p><p>The literary tradition of the fairy tale has long endured as the vehicle by which we interrogate the laws of reality. These fantastical stories, populated with wolves, kings, and wicked witches, have throughout history served as a template for understanding culture, society, and that muddy terrain we call our collective human psyche. In <em>Happily</em>, Sabrina Orah Mark reimagines the modern fairy tale, turning it inside out and searching it for the wisdom to better understand our contemporary moment in what Mark so incisively calls this strange American weather.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of political upheaval, viral plague, social protest, and climate change, Mark locates the magic in the mundane and illuminates the surreality of life as we know it today. In Sorry Peter Pan, Were Over You, Mark grapples with a loss of innocence when her son decides he would rather dress up as Martin Luther King, Jr., than Peter Pan for Halloween; in The Evil Stepmother Mark finds unlikely communion with wicked wives and examines the roots of their bad reputation; and in Rapunzel, Draft One Thousand, the hunt for a wig maker in a time of unprecedented civil unrest forces Mark to finally confront her sisters cancer diagnosis and the stories we tell ourselves to get by.</p><p>Revelatory, whimsical, and utterly inspired, <em>Happily</em> is a testament to the singularity of Sabrina Orah Marks voice and the power of the fantastical to reveal essential truths about life, love, and the meaning of family.</p>...(*_*)9780593242483_<p><strong>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American Southbased on her acclaimed <em>Paris Review</em> column Happily</strong></p><p><strong>One of the most inventive, phenomenally executed books Ive read in decades.Kiese Laymon, author of <em>Heavy</em></strong></p><p><strong>FINALIST FOR THE SOUTHERN BOOK PRIZE</strong></p><p>The literary tradition of the fairy tale has long endured as the vehicle by which we interrogate the laws of reality. These fantastical stories, populated with wolves, kings, and wicked witches, have throughout history served as a template for understanding culture, society, and that muddy terrain we call our collective human psyche. In <em>Happily,</em> Sabrina Orah Mark reimagines the modern fairy tale, turning it inside out and searching it for the wisdom to better understand our contemporary moment in what Mark so incisively calls this strange American weather.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of political upheaval, viral plague, social protest, and climate change, Mark locates the magic in the mundane and illuminates the surreality of life as we know it today. She grapples with a loss of innocence in Sorry, Peter Pan, Were Over You, when her son decides he would rather dress up as Martin Luther King, Jr., than Peter Pan for Halloween. In The Evil Stepmother, Mark finds unlikely communion with wicked wives and examines the roots of their bad reputation. And in Rapunzel, Draft One Thousand, the hunt for a wigmaker in a time of unprecedented civil unrest forces Mark to finally confront her sisters cancer diagnosis and the stories we tell ourselves to get by.</p><p>Revelatory, whimsical, and utterly inspired, <em>Happily</em> is a testament to the singularity of Sabrina Orah Marks voice and the power of the fantastical to reveal essential truths about life, love, and the meaning of family.</p>...9780593242483_Random House Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_56e20606-0599-3268-be8a-5b7fbfcef240_9780593242483;9780593242483_9780593242483Sabrina OrahInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-df50913d-884e-4a32-8eb3-b89ca4bd4a98.epub2023-03-14T00:00:00+00:00Random House Publishing Group