{"product_id":"9781523531714","title":"Begin Again, and Again, and Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous illustrated meditation on transformation as practice—for anyone learning to live with life's cycles of breaking open and rebuilding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Illustrator and author Alessandra Olanow knows that life never unfolds as you think it will. After divorce, her mother's death, and the quiet unraveling of a carefully built life, she found herself awake at 3 a.m. with questions that wouldn't settle: \u003ci\u003eIs this all there is? What do I do when everything comes undone? How do I stay open when I want to close down?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBegin Again, and Again, and Again\u003c\/i\u003e started as notes to herself in those wakeful hours—a practice of thinking through images and words to map the territory of uncertainty. What emerged is a book about the fundamental rhythm of being human: the constant cycle of questioning, doubt, finding ground, opening, and beginning again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through watercolor illustrations integrated with personal narrative and philosophical reflection drawing on Buddhism, Stoicism, and lived experience, Alessandra offers not answers but companionship. The book moves through five movements like a breath—Question, Doubt, Ground, Open, Renewal—holding the particular texture of each stage. The hollowness of \u003ci\u003eIs this all there is?\u003c\/i\u003e The weight of \u003ci\u003eI think I can't.\u003c\/i\u003e The surprising fertility of hitting bottom. The radical simplicity of presence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here's permission to stop waiting for the final version of yourself. To trust that transformation isn't about arriving but about learning to live with constant change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's never too late to begin again. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alessandra Olanow","offers":[{"title":"Workman Publishing Company |  Hardback  |  2026-03-17","offer_id":47350500720895,"sku":"9781523531714","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_39cbced0-97b8-4ddb-9dc2-b9c41c7b15e5.jpg?v=1760454391","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781523531714","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}