{"product_id":"mother-is-a-place-9781635902945","title":"Mother Is a Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of growing toward motherhood via chosen family, sickness, literature, and nature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Amra Brooks' parents split, so did her life--half lived with her queer, punk, addict dad in Los Angeles, and half with her struggling mom in Santa Cruz. With a poetic tone and an eye for rough beauty, \u003ci\u003eMother is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e details one girl's dogged search for safety and care, a pursuit that brings her from idyllic literary studies to nannying for an iconic, out-of-control rock star, from her mysteriously collapsing body to the defiant tenderness of motherhood. Says \u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e author Melissa Febos, \u003ci\u003eMother Is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a beautiful and finely told story of becoming, this memoir is both map and guide--to bearing what we are given, the path to home, and all that is possible to build ourselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dopamine\/Semiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635902945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Amra Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52829844308149,"sku":"9781635902945","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781635902945.jpg?v=1786947036","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mother-is-a-place-9781635902945","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}