{"product_id":"blue-shoe-9781573223423","title":"Blue Shoe","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller from the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlmost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMattie Ryder is marvelously neurotic, well-intentioned, funny, religious, sarcastic, tender, angry, and broke. Her life at the moment is a wreck: her marriage has failed, her mother is failing, her house is rotting, her waist is expanding, her children are misbehaving, and she has a crush on a married man. Then she finds a small rubber blue shoe--nothing more than a gumball trinket--left behind by her father. For Mattie, it becomes a talisman--a chance to recognize the past for what it was, to see the future as she always hoped it could be, and to finally understand her family, herself, and the ever-unfolding mystery of her sweet, sad, and sometimes surprising life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrace (Eventually)\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlan B\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies; Bird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRosie\u003c\/i\u003e. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473882616082,"sku":"9781573223423","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6eac58af-631e-4914-acff-8b9d7dbfc302.jpg?v=1730205526","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-shoe-9781573223423","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}