{"product_id":"the-very-marrow-of-our-bones-9781770414167","title":"The Very Marrow of Our Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefiance, faith, and triumph in a heartrending novel about daughters and mothers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a miserable November day in 1967, two women disappear from a working-class town on the Fraser River. The community is thrown into panic, with talk of drifters and murderous husbands. But no one can find a trace of Bette Parsons or Alice McFee. Even the egg seller, Doris Tenpenny, a woman to whom everyone tells their secrets, hears nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Lulu Parsons discovers something, though: a milk-stained note her mother, Bette, left for her father on the kitchen table. \u003cem\u003eWally\u003c\/em\u003e, it says, \u003cem\u003eI will not live in a tarpaper shack for the rest of my life . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLulu tells no one, and months later she buries the note in the woods. At the age of ten, she starts running -- and forgetting -- lurching through her unraveled life, using the safety of solitude and detachment until, at fifty, she learns that she is not the only one who carries a secret.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHopeful, lyrical, comedic, and intriguingly and lovingly told, \u003cem\u003eThe Very Marrow of Our Bones\u003c\/em\u003e explores the isolated landscapes and thorny attachments bred by childhood loss and buried secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770414167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christine Higdon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668260679836,"sku":"9781770414167","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c7140563-a228-4013-9e0b-f92c61863c83.jpg?v=1603917094","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-very-marrow-of-our-bones-9781770414167","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}