{"product_id":"savage-park-a-meditation-on-play-space-and-risk-for-americans-who-are-nervous-distracted-and-afraid-to-die-an-essential-guide-to-children-parenthood-and-life","title":"Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space, and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted, and Afraid to Die – An Essential Guide to Children, Parenthood, and Life","description":"\"A fascinating and daresay essential meditation on childhood, parenthood, and the importance of wild spaces for those wild creatures known as kids.\"—Dave Eggers\n\nHow fully can the world be explored when you are focused on trying not to die?\n\nThis is the question that lies at the heart of Amy Fusselman’s Savage Park. America is the land of safety, of protecting children to make sure that nothing can possibly hurt them. But while on a trip to Tokyo with her family, Fusselman stumbled upon an adventure playground called Hanegi Playpark, where children sawed wood, hammered nails, and built open fires. Her conceptions of space, risk, and play were shattered. In asking us to reexamine fundamental ideas about our approaches to space and risk and how we pass these concepts down to our children, Fusselman also asks us to look at the world in a different way. Perhaps it isn’t variety, but fear that is the spice of life. This startling revelation is at the heart of Savage Park, and will make readers look at the world in a whole new way.\n\n“I yield to no one in my admiration for Amy Fusselman’s work. Her new book, Savage Park, further explores with astonishing power, eloquence, precision, and acid humor her obsessive, necessary theme: the gossamer-thin separation between life and death.” —David Shields, author of Reality Hunger\n\n“In this unusually refreshing meditation (which reads like a novel), we are given a tour of the space around and within us. With poetic efficiency Amy Fusselman reveals what makes us savage or not; why secret, wild spaces are essential; and why playing should be taken seriously.” —Philippe Petit, high-wire artist\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0544570200\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0544570200.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fusselman, Amy\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":43608256217149,"sku":"BVV.0544570200.G","price":6.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0544570200-0.jpg?v=1789160550","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/savage-park-a-meditation-on-play-space-and-risk-for-americans-who-are-nervous-distracted-and-afraid-to-die-an-essential-guide-to-children-parenthood-and-life","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}