{"product_id":"home-economics-fourteen-essays-9781582434858","title":"Home Economics: Fourteen Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHome Economics\u003c\/i\u003e, Berry explores what it means to make oneself \"responsibly at home.\" As he argues, a measure of the health of the planet is economics--the health of its households.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wherever we live, however we do so, we desperately need a prophet of responsibility; and although the days of the prophets seem past to many of us, Berry may be the closest to one we have. But, fortunately, he is also a poet of responsibility. He makes one believe that the good life may not only be harder than what we're used to but sweeter as well.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendell Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.28w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582434858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWENDELL BERRY\u003c\/b\u003e (August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026), was an essayist, novelist, and poet. During his life, he was honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lived with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Wendell Berry \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":67778206105757,"sku":"9781582434858","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1f49ba7c-4660-4575-bfe6-6a66fb2b44fa.jpg?v=1793734381","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/home-economics-fourteen-essays-9781582434858","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}