{"product_id":"maybe-shell-stay-9781542033657","title":"Maybe She'll Stay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daughter's return home opens old wounds in a novel of family, love, and emotional rescue by the author of \u003ci\u003ePaper Doll Lina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter three disastrous marriages, a series of bad dates, and a tumultuous relationship with an emotionally abusive mother, psychology professor Nancy Jewel is through with love and commitment. Romantic or familial, the notion is a waste of her time. Content with being alone, she's starting to feel normal-ish when she learns her father, incarcerated in Georgia, has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Nancy is determined to get him a compassionate release, even if it means returning home and reaching out for help from the last attorney she wants to see: her recent ex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in her estranged mother's orbit, and dealing with the fear of losing her father, Nancy wrestles with the ghosts of her toxic childhood and her reconnection with a failed bid at love. When an unexpected career challenge pushes Nancy to the edge, her impulse is to run. What other choice does she have? Face life head-on, and maybe, for once, stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542033657","brand":"Robyn Lucas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42580590985397,"sku":"9781542033657","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a0ce346b-abee-444e-aaa3-bbd8f42063fa.jpg?v=1672758548","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/maybe-shell-stay-9781542033657","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}