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Compelling and astonishing.-Kristen Arnett, author of \u003ci\u003eMostly Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimacy has always eluded twenty-seven-year-old Maggie Krause--despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss--until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie's mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home only to discover a withdrawn dad, an angry brother, and, along with Iris's will, five sealed envelopes, each addressed to a mysterious man she's never heard of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an effort to run from her own grief and discover the truth about Iris--who made no secret of her discomfort with her daughter's sexuality--Maggie embarks on a road trip, determined to hand-deliver the letters and find out what these men meant to her mother. Maggie quickly discovers Iris's second, hidden life, which shatters everything Maggie thought she knew about her parents' perfect relationship. 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Compelling and astonishing.\"-Kristen Arnett, author of \u003ci\u003eMostly Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eUnfolding over the course of nine days, and written with enormous heart, \u003ci\u003eAll My Mother's Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties, grief, and generational divides, as well as a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After Maggie Krause's mother dies suddenly in a car crash, Maggie finds five sealed envelopes with her will, each addressed to a mysterious man she's never heard of. Maggie and her mother, Iris, weren't close, especially since Maggie came out, but she never thought they would run out of time to figure each other out. Now in her late twenties, Maggie is finally in something resembling a serious relationship, wondering if some of whatever shaped her parents' decades-long love story might exist after all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Overwhelmed by her grief and frustrated with her family, Maggie decides to escape the shiva and hand-deliver her mother's letters. The ensuing road trip takes her over miles of California highways, through strangers' recollections of a second, hidden life (that seems almost impossible to reconcile with the Iris she knew), and a journey through her own fears as she navigates her new relationship. As she fills in the details of Iris's story, Maggie must confront the possibility that almost everything she knew about her mother -- her marriage, her lukewarm relationship to Judaism, her disapproval of her daughter's queerness -- is more meaningful than she ever allowed herself to imagine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49573149245713,"sku":"GOR012819228","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49899929075985,"sku":"CIN1524745987G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51033925746961,"sku":"NIN9781524745981","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51331200909585,"sku":"CIN1524745987VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1524745987.jpg?v=1750990266"},{"product_id":"beings-book-ilana-masad-9781639737000","title":"Beings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2026 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe alien abduction meets lesbian yearning novel that will restore your faith in the universe. 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