44 Things

A distinguished literary novelist celebrates marriage, friendship and motherhood in this rich and breathtakingly intimate treasury of stories, essays, poems and letters. In 44 Things , Kirsty Gunn celebrates her home and her family. This bedside book is a mosaic of personal reflections written over the course of one year in moments stolen from the vibrant and chaotic world that inspired them. In these forty-four pieces – one for each year of her life – Kirsty Gunn shares her most cherished moments in a unique and inspiring work. ‘ 44 Things is a response to the life that goes on around me as I live and work with my family at home… Forty four pieces of different kinds of writing that have one thing in common – they are written by this woman, me, who lives at this time in her life fully and imaginatively sustained by what goes on in her domestic world.’ — Kirsty Gunn