{"product_id":"a-feather-on-the-breath-of-god-9781250816238","title":"A Feather on the Breath of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sigrid Nunez, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend, \u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eA Feather on the Breath of God\u003c\/i\u003e, a mesmerizing story about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between language and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese Panamanian father and a German mother. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, she escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet--these are the elements that shape the young woman's imagination and her sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250816238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208","brand":"Sigrid Nunez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40649228615861,"sku":"9781250816238","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_37902feb-105a-4acf-94f1-7cf63b6cce03.jpg?v=1627964610","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-feather-on-the-breath-of-god-9781250816238","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}