{"product_id":"mothers-stories-9781250234964","title":"Mothers: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"extraordinary\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e) debut of unnerving beauty, Chris Power's short story collection \u003ci\u003eMothers \u003c\/i\u003eevokes the magic and despair of the essential human longing for purpose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChris Power's stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends--characters who search without knowing what they seek. Their paths lead them to thresholds, bridges, rivers, and sites of mysterious, irresistible connection to the past. A woman uses her mother's old travel guide, aged years beyond relevance, to navigate on a journey to nowhere; a stand-up comic with writer's block performs a fateful gig at a cocaine-fueled bachelor party; on holiday in Greece, a father must confront the limits to which he can keep his daughters safe. Braided throughout is the story of Eva, a daughter, wife, and mother, whose search for a self and place of belonging tracks a devastating path through generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from remote English moors to an ancient Swedish burial ground to a hedonistic Mexican wedding, the stories in \u003ci\u003eMothers \u003c\/i\u003elay bare the emotional and psychic damage of life, love, and abandonment. Suffused with yearning, Power's transcendent prose expresses a profound ache for vanished pasts and uncertain futures.\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 01\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250234964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Chris Power","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111902077109,"sku":"9781250234964","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e09d1a41-95e9-4efa-b1d7-382157f69e94.jpg?v=1739887514","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mothers-stories-9781250234964","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}