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010 a| 2024057117;

019 a| 1484542203;

020 a| 9780374617318q| hardcover;

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050 00 a| PS3612.I16b| T45 2025;

082 00 a| 813/.6a| B2| 23/eng/20250101;

100 1 a| Li, Yiyun,d| 1972-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhxhbdQmxGd9tXgt7qWjC=| ^A610350;

245 10 a| Things in nature merely grow /c| Yiyun Li.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| 2025.;

300 a| 172 pages ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

520 a| "Yiyun Li's remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| "There is no good way to say this," Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book. "There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home." There is no good way to say this--because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, "a single point in a timeline." Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James. Li does what she "doing the things that work," including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death. This is a book for James, but it is not a book about grieving or mourning. As Li writes, "The verb that does not die is to be. Vincent was and is and will always be Vincent. James was and is and will always be James. We were and are and will always be their parents. There is no now and then, now and later, only, now and now and now and now." Things in Nature Merely Grow is a testament to Li's indomitable spirit.;

600 10 a| Li, Yiyun,d| 1972-x| Family.=| ^A610350;

650 0 a| Bereavement.=| ^A6624;

650 0 a| Mothers and sons.=| ^A199997;

650 0 a| Sonsx| Death.=| ^A401976;

650 0 a| Suicide.=| ^A81;

650 0 a| Mothers of suicide victims.=| ^A1484809;

650 6 a| Deuil.;

650 6 a| Mères et fils.;

650 6 a| Suicide.;

650 6 a| Mères de suicidés.;

650 7 a| mourning.2| aat;

650 7 a| suicides.2| aat;

655 7 a| Creative nonfiction.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Personal narratives.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Essais fictionnels.2| rvmgf;

655 7 a| Récits personnels.2| rvmgf;

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Things in nature merely grow / Yiyun Li.

Author/creator	Li, Yiyun, 1972- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	172 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Li, Yiyun, 1972---Family. Bereavement. Mothers and sons. Sons--Death. Suicide. Mothers of suicide victims. Deuil. Mères et fils. Suicide. Mères de suicidés.

Abstract	"Yiyun Li's remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"There is no good way to say this," Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book. "There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home." There is no good way to say this--because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, "a single point in a timeline." Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James. Li does what she "doing the things that work," including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death. This is a book for James, but it is not a book about grieving or mourning. As Li writes, "The verb that does not die is to be. Vincent was and is and will always be Vincent. James was and is and will always be James. We were and are and will always be their parents. There is no now and then, now and later, only, now and now and now and now." Things in Nature Merely Grow is a testament to Li's indomitable spirit.
Genre/form	Creative nonfiction.
Genre/form	Personal narratives.
Genre/form	Essais fictionnels.
Genre/form	Récits personnels.
LCCN	2024057117
ISBN	9780374617318 hardcover
ISBN	0374617317 hardcover

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