{"product_id":"starling-days-9781419743597","title":"Starling Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe moving new novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and NPR Great Read\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On their first date, Mina told Oscar that she was bisexual, vegetarian, and on meds. He married her anyhow. A challenge to be met. She had low days, sure, but manageable. But now, maybe not so much . . . Mina is standing on the George Washington Bridge late at night, staring over the edge, when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the policeman she's not about to jump, but he doesn't believe her. Oscar is called to pick her up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the idea of leaving New York for London--a place for Mina \"to learn the floorplan of this sadness\"--Oscar arranges a move. In London, Mina, a classicist, tries grappling with her mental health issues by making lists. Of WOMEN WHO SURVIVED--Penelope, Psyche, Leda. Iphigenia, but only in one of the tellings. Of things that make her HAPPY--enamel coffee cups. But what else? She at last finds a beam of light in Phoebe, and friendship and attraction blossom until Oscar and Mina's complicated love is tested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A gorgeously wrought novel, variously about love, mythology, mental illness, Japanese beer, and the times we need to seek out milder psychological climates, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's \u003ci\u003eStarling Days\u003c\/i\u003e--written in exquisite prose rich with lightly ironic empathy--is a complex and compelling work of fiction by a singularly gifted young writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419743597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowan Hisayo Buchanan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650078863516,"sku":"9781419743597","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7b67c5f7-997c-4c96-b77f-9eb262bb3ad5.jpg?v=1603874435","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/starling-days-9781419743597","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}