{"product_id":"michael-rosens-sad-book-by-michael-rosen-9781406317848","title":"Michael Rosen's Sad Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA heartbreakingly honest account of a father’s grief for his son from the illustrious pairing of two former Children’s Laureates.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVery occasionally, the term non-fiction has to stretch itself to accommodate a book that fits into no category at all. Michael Rosen's \u003cem\u003eSad Book\u003c\/em\u003e is such a book. It chronicles Michael's grief at the death of his son Eddie from meningitis at the age of 19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA moving combination of sincerity and simplicity, it acknowledges that sadness is not always avoidable or reasonable and perfects the art of making complicated feelings plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't made like any other book either; Michael Rosen said of the text, \"I wrote it at a moment of extreme feeling and it went straight down onto the page... Quentin didn't illustrate it, he 'realized' it. He turned the text into a book and as a result showed me back to myself. No writer could ask and get more than that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Quentin Blake says that the picture of Michael \"being sad but trying to look happy\" is the most difficult drawing he's ever done... \"a moving experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409605284076,"sku":"9781406317848","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19374963482688.jpg?v=1746099739","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/michael-rosens-sad-book-by-michael-rosen-9781406317848","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}