{"product_id":"in-the-form-of-bread-on-becoming-human-paperback","title":"In the Form of Bread: On Becoming Human - 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\u003eMary Jane Nealon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of vignettes--heartbreaking and often humorous--Nealon explores caregiving as both sacred practice and human risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe looks back to her relationship with a father devastated by the early death of her brother; to tending men--some with AIDS, some drunk, some sober--living in Bowery flophouses; to confronting racism; to the quiet instruction of a dog who teaches attention by gazing back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays ask what price we pay when we offer ourselves wholeheartedly to one another, and what it means to remain open to being more than human in a fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Jane Nealon worked as a nurse for forty-seven years. She retired as the Director of Innovations at a community health center network in Montana. She received an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and was the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellow in 2004-2005. She has two poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eRogue Apostle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImmaculate Fuel\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Four Way Books. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Graywolf Press. She lives in Wall Township, NJ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.04 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56436627767601,"sku":"9781961897946","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/zs2aTKx2gp9781961897946.webp?v=1790175156","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/in-the-form-of-bread-on-becoming-human-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}