Givenness of Things: Essays If dieting is so clearly

If dieting is so clearly ineffective

A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year

with the power to transform Hai's relationship to himself

at the supermarket

and learn to give our own gifts in return

Givenness of Things: Essays If dieting is so clearlyWITH A TWO PART INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARILYNNE ROBINSON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS The incomparable Marilynne Robinson has delivered an impassioned critique of contemporary society our addiction to technology, our materialism while arguing that reverence must be given to who we are and what we are: creatures of singular interest and value, despite our errors and depredations. Robinson has plumbed the depths of