{"product_id":"omega-farm-a-memoir-9781982197995","title":"Omega Farm: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited memoir from an award-winning novelist--a candid, riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two almost-grown children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's been neglected of late. As Martha works to manage her mother's care and the sprawling, ramshackle property--a broken septic system, invasive bamboo, dying ash trees--she is pulled back into her childhood, almost against her will. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartha grew up at Omega Farm with her four sisters, five stepsiblings, mother, and stepfather, in a house filled with art, people, and the kind of chaos that was sometimes benevolent, sometimes more sinister. Caring for her mother and her children, struggling to mend the forest, the past relentlessly asserts itself--even as Martha's mother, the person she might share her memories with or even try to hold to account, no longer knows who Martha is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterful exploration of a complicated family legacy and a powerful story of environmental and personal repair, \u003ci\u003eOmega Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to hope in the face of suffering, and a courageous tale about how returning home can offer a new way to understand the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982197995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martha McPhee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049735028917,"sku":"9781982197995","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_293b372f-76ea-481a-9e2f-c79f42fb5d31.jpg?v=1689693535","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/omega-farm-a-memoir-9781982197995","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}