{"product_id":"the-book-of-mother-a-novel-1","title":"The Book of Mother: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Violaine Huisman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Book of Mother: A Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2022-10-18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Beautiful and magnetic, Catherine, a.k.a. \"Maman,\" smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly, and her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. Even as Violaine and her sister long for their mother's return, once she's back Maman's violent mood swings and flagrant disregard for personal boundaries soon turn their home into an emotional landmine. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With spectacular ferocity of language, a streak of dark humor, and stunning emotional bravery, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisitely wrought story of a mother's dizzying heights and devastating lows, and a daughter who must hold her memory close in order to surrender, and finally move on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982108793\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Violaine Huisman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356252528947,"sku":"9781982108793","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9781982108793.jpg?v=1778843344","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-book-of-mother-a-novel-1","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}