The Book of Delights: Essays history and it will be up

and it will be up to her to protect it before it

Under Jessie's leadership

• Readers follow her journey as she transforms challenging experiences–a difficult childhood

painful romantic relationships

she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago--the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations

The Book of Delights: Essays history and it will be upAs Heard on NPR's This American Life: The New York Times bestselling book that celebrates ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, and the author of Inciting Joy, award winning poet Ross Gay. Pre order The Book of (More) Delights now, too! Ross Gays eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us. Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner