{"product_id":"the-weight-of-love-hardcover","title":"The Weight of Love - Hardcover","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\u003ePat Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Schneider was born in the Ozark mountains of Missouri where she became intimate with fossils, creek bed grasshoppers and box turtles. After a search for work took her single mother to St. Louis, from age ten Pat lived in tenements and in an orphanage until she was given a scholarship to college. Those early experiences deeply influenced her writing, and fueled her passion for those who have been denied voice through poverty and other \u003cbr\u003e misfortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat's books, poetry, plays, and libretti have been praised by the most prestigious publications and authors in America: \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal, Small Press Magazine, St. Louis Dispatch, \u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e North Dakota Review, Oprah Magazine, Vanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eKentucky Monthly, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eBellingham Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLouisville Times, \u003c\/em\u003e and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Elbow said that Pat Schneider is \"the wisest teacher of writing I know.\" Julia Cameron, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Right to Write\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Artist's Way, \u003c\/em\u003e noted that Pat is \"a fuse lighter. Her work is gentle, playful, brilliant, and revolutionary\" and Janet Burroway, author of \u003cem\u003eWriting Fiction, \u003c\/em\u003e notes that Pat's work is \"heartening and practical, a rich variety . . . that celebrates both difference and difficulty as the gifts they are. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45394665242726,"sku":"9780578540023","price":41.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/boKL8Dj5799780578540023.webp?v=1775278188","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-weight-of-love-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}