{"product_id":"ordinary-beauty-9781439193969","title":"Ordinary Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eLauded by critics and authors for her heartbreakingly real heroines, Laura Wiess brings readers another devastating tale of betrayal and redemption rich with the raw emotion that made \u003ci\u003eSuch a Pretty Girl \u003c\/i\u003ea classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can you make someone love you when they won't?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what if that person happens to be your mother?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSayre Bellavia grew up knowing she was a mistake: unplanned and unwanted. At five months shy of eighteen, she's become an expert in loneliness, heartache, and neglect. Her whole life she's been cursed, used, and left behind. Swallowed a thousand tears and ignored a thousand deliberate cruelties. Sayre's stuck by her mother through hell, tried to help her, be near her, be \u003ci\u003eimportant \u003c\/i\u003eto her even as her mother slipped away into a violent haze of addiction, destroying the only chance Sayre ever had for a real family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow her mother is lying in a hospital bed, near death, ravaged by her own destructive behavior. And as Sayre fights her way to her mother's bedside, she is terrified but determined to get the answer to a question no one should ever have to ask: \u003ci\u003eDid my mother ever really love me?\u003c\/i\u003e And what will Sayre do if the answer is yes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MTV Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439193969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.21h x 5.40w x 0.82d","brand":"Laura Wiess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599631028405,"sku":"9781439193969","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6061c04b-00eb-4a9a-b713-232c43a51056.jpg?v=1673999154","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ordinary-beauty-9781439193969","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}