{"product_id":"run-towards-the-danger-confrontations-with-a-body-of-memory-paperback","title":"Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Polley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThese are the most dangerous stories of my life. The ones I have avoided, the ones I haven't told, the ones that have kept me awake on countless nights. As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to carry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this extraordinary book, Sarah Polley explores what it is to live in one's body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing. Each of these six essays captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a \"reciprocal pressure dance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polley contemplates stories from her own life ranging from stage fright to high-risk childbirth to endangerment and more. After struggling with the aftermath of a concussion, Polley met a specialist who gave her wholly new advice: to recover from a traumatic injury, she had to retrain her mind to strength by charging towards the very activities that triggered her symptoms. With riveting clarity, she shows the power of applying that same advice to other areas of her life in order to find a path forward, a way through. Rather than live in a protective crouch, she had to run towards the danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating, harrowing, courageous, and deeply felt.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Atwood, via Twitter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Polley \u003c\/b\u003eis the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eWomen Talking \u003c\/i\u003eand an Academy Award-nominated director and actor. After making short films, Polley made her feature-length directorial debut with the drama film \u003ci\u003eAway from Her\u003c\/i\u003e in 2006. Polley received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice Munro story \"The Bear Came Over the Mountain.\" Her other projects include the documentary film \u003ci\u003eStories We Tell\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), which won the New York Film Critics Circle prize and the National Board of Review award for best documentary; the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); and the romantic comedy \u003ci\u003eTake This Waltz\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). Polley began her acting career as a child, starring in many productions for film and television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.98 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413469098086,"sku":"9780593300374","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ESw5rsGYn49780593300374.webp?v=1769968458","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/run-towards-the-danger-confrontations-with-a-body-of-memory-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}