{"product_id":"the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work-1","title":"The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking sixteen-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEqually intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ears and eyes open to the beauty, interest and sheer strangeness of the modern workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way he tries to answer some of the most urgent questions we can ask about work: Why do we do it? What makes it pleasurable? What is its meaning? And why do we daily exhaust not only ourselves but also the planet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacteristically lucid, witty and inventive, Alain de Botton's 'song for occupations' is a celebration and exploration of an aspect of life which is all too often ignored and yet as central to us as our love lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alain de Botton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47282453971113,"sku":"9780241143537","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780241143537.jpg?v=1784787414","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}