{"product_id":"the-lost-mother-paperback","title":"The Lost Mother - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary McGarry Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbandoned by his wife, a man tries to protect his family during the Great Depression, in this \"powerful\" novel by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSongs in Ordinary Time \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the Great Depression, rural Vermont suffers along with the rest of the country, and Henry Talcott, with only occasional work as a butcher, is reduced to moving into a tent on the edge of Black Pond with his two children. Their beautiful but unreliable mother has left them, and Henry is devastated by her desertion. He hasn't told Thomas or Margaret why she left--or if she will return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told from twelve-year-old Thomas's perspective, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mother\u003c\/i\u003e follows this shattered family as a wealthy neighbor begins to woo the children as companions for her strange, housebound son, and Henry weighs an unexpected proposition, the consequences of which may cost him everything. \"A perfectly lovely story about perfectly awful things\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is \"the quietest, subtlest novel that has ever kept [its readers] up into the small hours of the night, unable to look away\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary McGarry Morris grew up in Vermont and now lives on the North Shore in Massachusetts. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1988 and was nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) was chosen by\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the \"Five Best Novels of the Year\" and was made into a motion picture starring Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Gabriel Byrne.\u003ci\u003e Songs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) was an Oprah's Book Club selection, which propelled it to the top of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for many weeks, and it was adapted for a TV movie starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges. Morris's other highly acclaimed works include the novels \u003ci\u003eFiona Range\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eA Hole in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), as well as the play \u003ci\u003eMTL: The Insanity File\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691697082431,"sku":"9781504048149","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/93b841b86e68d05f1366315edc3b70a1.webp?v=1764992917","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-lost-mother-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}