{"product_id":"mother-garden-book-robin-romm-9781416539087","title":"The Mother Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eRobin Romm's arresting and resonant stories take on the fundamental themes of the human condition: mortality, loyalty, and love.\u003c\/b\u003e In fresh and irreverent prose, Romm captures the mo-ments before and after loss, mining the depths of grief with wit and grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Mother Garden\u003c\/i\u003e are at once vividly realistic and infused with the bizarre -- a man uses a chicken egg to test whether he is ready for fatherhood; a daughter plants a garden of mothers to replace her own; a family's ghosts literally fall through the ceiling, disrupting daily life; a woman finds her father sleeping in the desert after twenty-six years of living without him. People stumble in relationships, start families, struggle with illness, learn to mourn -- and as in life, these acts are consuming, magical, and disorienting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sharply funny and deeply moving, this extraordinary collection introduces a young writer of fierce originality and prodigious talent.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50373515804945,"sku":"CIN1416539085G","price":4.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51279292465425,"sku":"NIN9781416539087","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1416539085.jpg?v=1750713233","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/mother-garden-book-robin-romm-9781416539087","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}