{"product_id":"five-roses-9781459734241","title":"Five Roses","description":"\u003ci\u003e2017 Evergreen Award, Forest of Reading -- Nominated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA sister. A baby. A man who watches from the trees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fara and her husband buy a house with a disturbing history that reawakens memories of her own family tragedy. Maddy still lives in the house, once a hippie commune, where her daughter was kidnapped twenty-seven years ago. Rose grew up isolated with her mother in the backwoods north of Montreal. Now in the city, she questions the silence and deception that shaped her upbringing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fara, Maddy, and Rose meet in Montreal's historic Pointe St-Charles, a rundown neighbourhood on the cusp of gentrification. Against a backdrop of abandonment, loss, and revitalization, the women must confront troubling secrets in order to rebuild their lives.Zorn deftly interweaves the rich yet fragile lives of three very different people into a story of strength and friendship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn - Dundurn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459734241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice Zorn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38293723381941,"sku":"9781459734241","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5cc79435-b15b-4c35-bf6f-cd39155ad0eb.jpg?v=1611064043","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/five-roses-9781459734241","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}