{"product_id":"the-end-of-eve-9780986000799","title":"The End of Eve","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn honest and \"darkly humorous mother-daughter memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) about the author's experience as the reluctant caregiver for her volatile, terminally ill mother, Eve\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life's happy endings don't always last. If it's not one thing, after all, it's your mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnock knock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she's here to announce that she's dying. \"Pitifully, Ariel,\" she sighs, \"you're all I have.\" Ariel doesn't want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's the right thing to do, isn't it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, anyway, \u003ci\u003eHow long could it go on?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't worry,\" Eve says. \"If I'm ever a burden, I'll just blow my brains out.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAriel's partner, Sol, agrees to come along, too, but on the condition that they all move into a bigger house . . . in New Mexico. So Ariel packs up her home and family and moves more than a thousand miles away from their work and community to become her mother's reluctant caregiver. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly humorous and intimately human, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e reads like \u003ci\u003eTerms of Endearment\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c\/i\u003e Amidst the chaos of clowns and hospice workers, pie and too much whiskey, Ariel's own ten-year relationship begins to unravel, forcing her to reconsider the meaning of family and everything she's ever been taught to call \"love.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986000799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2014 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ariel Gore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679573504181,"sku":"9780986000799","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-end-of-eve-9780986000799","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}