{"product_id":"the-book-rats-daughter-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Book Rat's Daughter: A Memoir - 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\u003eCarolyn Michaels Kerr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Marshall Gentry\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Book Rat's Daughter is Carolyn Michaels Kerr's affectionate portrait of her father, the deeply respected (and deeply book-obsessed) New Testament scholar J. Ramsey Michaels, told through the tangle of his lifelong devotion to books. A self-proclaimed \"book rat,\" Ramsey began collecting as a boy--an enthusiasm that never waned. His idea of a good time involved a dusty used bookstore, a good meal at a bargain price, and a few hours of theological or literary conversation--preferably over wine. Drawing from his unfinished memoir, some published writings, and hours of recorded interviews (because when your dad's a scholar, even casual chats turn into archives), Kerr traces not only the man behind the stacks but also the quiet evolution in their relationship after her mother's death. Structured around stories of treasured finds, antiquarian bookstore adventures, and the rhythms of a reading life, the memoir is part tribute, part travelogue through their shared world of words. It is also a study in primary sources, first editions, marginalia, and the enjoyable challenge of keeping up with a man whose everyday conversation was liberally sprinkled with such words as eschatology, dispensationalism, and hermeneutics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Michaels Kerr, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bunny Suit and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), is a graduate of the MFA program at Goddard College. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFlannery O'Connor Review, The Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. Kerr lives with her husband in Hamilton, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52803750691123,"sku":"9798385251032","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kSueR3weWz9798385251032.webp?v=1764835133","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-book-rats-daughter-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}