{"product_id":"the-sum-of-trifles-paperback-1","title":"The Sum of Trifles - 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\u003eJulia Ridley Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Julia Ridley Smith's parents died, they left behind a virtual museum of furniture, books, art, and artifacts. Between the contents of their home, the stock from their North Carolina antiques shop, and the ephemera of two lives lived, Smith faced a monumental task. What would she do with her parents' possessions? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith's wise and moving memoir in essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Trifles\u003c\/i\u003e, peels back the layers of meaning surrounding specific objects her parents owned, from an eighteenth-century miniature to her father's prosthetics. A vintage hi-fi provides a view of her often tense relationship with her father, whose love of jazz kindled her own artistic impulse. A Japanese screen embodies her mother's principles of good taste and good manners, while an antebellum quilt prompts Smith to grapple with her family's slaveholding legacy. Along the way, she turns to literature that illuminates how her inheritance shaped her notions of identity and purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Trifles\u003c\/i\u003e offers up dark humor and raw feeling, mixed with an erudite streak. It's a curious, thoughtful look at how we live in and with our material culture and how we face our losses as we decide what to keep and what to let go.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA RIDLEY SMITH is the 2021-22 Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also taught creative writing and literature at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her essays and short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52464547529011,"sku":"9780820360416","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ellxTnQ1WFE3R1h6Y1AvVHZQalFxUT09_e0ebdc56-2b3b-4e26-a161-2074ff1925b0.webp?v=1759255011","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-sum-of-trifles-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}