{"product_id":"w-3","title":"W-3","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eW-3\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBette Howland\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780998267531\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eA Public Space Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn extraordinary portrait of a brilliant mind on the brink: A new edition of the 1974 memoir by the author of the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e. With an introduction by Yiyun Li.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life could begin. At last it had dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the author of the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e, the account of a brilliant mind on the brink. In 1968, Bette Howland was thirty-one, a single mother of two young sons, struggling to support her family on the part-time salary of a librarian; and laboring day and night at her typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, while staying at her friend Saul Bellow's apartment, she swallowed a bottle of pills. \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e is both an extraordinary portrait of the community of Ward 3, the psychiatric wing of the Chicago hospital where she was admitted; and record of a defining moment in a writer's life. The book itself would be her salvation: she wrote herself out of the grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1974, the memoir that launched Bette Howland's career is being reissued as part of A Public Space's ongoing revival of \"one of the significant writers of her generation.\" (Saul Bellow) With a new introduction by Yiyun Li.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"A Public Space Books","offers":[{"title":"W-3 | Bette Howland | Hardcover | 9780998267531 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1620473","offer_id":48700274213016,"sku":"1620473","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81LsNYt04AS.jpg?v=1773771454","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/w-3","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}