{"product_id":"the-motherhood-affidavits-a-memoir-9781615194391","title":"The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir","description":"With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the \"love hormone\"--the first effective antidote to her lifelong depression. Over the next eight years, her \"oxy\" cravings, and her family, only grow--to the dismay of her husband, Ryan, a freelance public defender. As her reckless baby-making threatens her family's middle-class existence, Baker identifies more and more with Ryan's legal clients, often drug-addled fellow citizens of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. \u003ci\u003eIs she any less desperate for her next fix?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Baker is in an impossible bind: The same drive that sustains her endangers her family; \u003ci\u003ethe cure is also the disease\u003c\/i\u003e. She explores this all-too-human paradox by threading her story through those of her local counterparts who've run afoul of the law--like Rob McNally, the lovable junkie who keeps resurfacing in Ryan's life. As Baker vividly reports on their alleged crimes--theft, kidnapping, opioid abuse, and even murder--she unerringly conjures tenderness for the accused, yet increasingly questions her own innocence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Baker's ruthless self-interrogation makes this her personal \u003ci\u003eaffidavit\u003c\/i\u003e--her sworn statement, made for public record if not a court of law. With a wrenching ending that compels us to ask whether Baker has fallen from maternal grace, this is an extraordinary addition to the literature of motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615194391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Jean Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52873225404597,"sku":"9781615194391","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-motherhood-affidavits-a-memoir-9781615194391","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}