{"product_id":"pages-of-a-broken-diary","title":"Pages of a Broken Diary","description":"Toti O’Brien’s memoir in pieces reflects a life deeply felt and keenly observed. Her poetic writing is by\nturns exquisitely beautiful, jarringly disturbing, and always unafraid. She addresses layers of her\nexperience in a brilliant stream-of-consciousness style that I find to be utterly unique. These\nphilosophical, mysterious, and vivid musings lead the reader through adventure, longing, pain, and joy. I\nhighly recommend this remarkable literary achievement.\n\nRosemary L’Esprit, Author of UNDERWATER: A Mother's Search for Her Missing Daughter.\n\nThe Broken Diary isn’t. It is neither a diary nor is it broken. Undeniably, the book’s tone\nis melancholic, poignant, and replete with losses: broken families, broken hearts, broken\npromises, broken lives. But simultaneously, it is a gifted poet’s understated yet powerful\nreminiscences of and ruminations on her life, on the human experience with its\nsingularity and universality, shared precious memory by precious memory with us\nreaders in deeply personal, elegant essays that grab us from the outset. O’Brien’s style\nis gently conversational, addressing us, asking us questions to keep us up with her,\nmusing on a truth she just shared, asking us to consider her point. She is like a beloved\nparent, or teacher, or shaman nudging us to think beyond the obvious, beyond\nstrictures, beyond bonds that delimit us, clouding our vision, obscuring self.\n--Thelma T. Reyna\nNational Award-Winning Author\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 194892028X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.194892028X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:O’Brien, Toti\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: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834441564221,"sku":"BVV.194892028X.G","price":10.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/194892028X-0.jpg?v=1792185327","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/pages-of-a-broken-diary","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}