{"product_id":"a-step-from-death-a-memoir-9781582434698","title":"A Step from Death: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Larry Woiwode\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Catapult\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Catapult\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Woiwode's literary fame began with his first novel, the 1969 classic \u003ci\u003eWhat I'm Going to Do, I Think, \u003c\/i\u003e and continued unabated through his brilliant 2000 memoir \u003ci\u003eWhat I Think I Did.\u003c\/i\u003e In this deeply affecting follow-up to the latter, Woiwode addresses his son as heir to his emotional interior. With vibrant wordcraft and a poetic sensibility, Woiwode begins his story by relating a near-death experience with a malfunctioning hay baler -- the kind of mistake that can kill a novice farmer. This episode is the first skein in a rich tapestry of memories, from colorful snippets of Woiwode's time in New York as a young writer working with the late, great William Maxwell, to his days as a young father, husband, and teacher trying to scrape enough together to buy a ranch in western North Dakota, and finally to the prospect of an empty nest and the step from death that he finds rapidly approaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411540402327,"sku":"9781582434698","price":1398.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781582434698.webp?v=1767443956","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-step-from-death-a-memoir-9781582434698","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}