{"product_id":"a-life-discarded-148-diaries-found-in-the-trash-paperback","title":"A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in the Trash - 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\u003eAlexander Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Masters, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStuart: A Life Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003easks you to join him in celebrating an unknown and important life left on the scrap heap\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2001, 148 tattered and mold-covered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a bin on a building site in Cambridge, England. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting. They were a small part of an intimate, mysterious diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later, a few weeks before the books were thrown out. The anonymous author, known only as \"I,\" is revealed as the tragicomic patron saint of everyone who feels their life should have been more successful. Over five years, the brilliant biographer Alexander Masters uncovers the identity and real history of this secret author, ending with an astounding final revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A biographical detective story that unfolds with the suspense of a mystery--but has all the dazzling originality that made \u003ci\u003eMasters's Stuart: A Life Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e such a beloved book--\u003ci\u003eA Life Discarded\u003c\/i\u003e is a true, poignant, often hilarious story of an ordinary life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Masters\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eStuart: A Life Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Guardian First Book Award and the Hawthornden Prize; was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Costa Biography Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and was made into an award-winning film produced for the BBC and HBO. He lives in Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444372959539,"sku":"9780374537227","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aUFkS1lldnljWld0Z2lwd1YxVmh5Zz09.webp?v=1758938265","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-life-discarded-148-diaries-found-in-the-trash-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}