{"product_id":"the-two-kinds-of-decay-a-memoir","title":"The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir","description":"\"Manguso has produced a remarkable, clear-eyed account that turns horror into something humane and beautiful.\"―The New York Times Book Review\n\nA book of tremendous grace and self-awareness, Sarah Manguso's The Two Kinds of Decay transcends the very notion of what an illness story can and should be.\n\nThe events that began in 1995 might keep happening to me as long as things can happen to me. Think of deep space, through which heavenly bodies fly forever. They fly until they change into new forms, simpler forms, with ever fewer qualities and increasingly beautiful names.\n\nThere are names for things in spacetime that are nothing, for things that are less than nothing. White dwarfs, red giants, black holes, singularities.\n\nBut even then, in their less-than-nothing state, they keep happening.\n\nAt twenty-one, just starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, vanishing and then returning, paralyzing her for weeks at a time, programming her first to expect nothing from life and then, furiously, to expect everything. In this captivating story, Manguso recalls her nine-year struggle: arduous blood cleansings, collapsed veins, multiple chest catheters, the deaths of friends and strangers, addiction, depression, and, worst of all for a writer, the trite metaphors that accompany prolonged illness.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312428448\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGY30078YN_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Manguso, Sarah\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41695370772538,"sku":"4EKGY30078YN_ns","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0312428448-0.jpg?v=1790223543","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-two-kinds-of-decay-a-memoir","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}