{"product_id":"mother-of-sorrows-9781400096213","title":"Mother of Sorrows","description":"In these ten interwoven stories, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etwo adolescent brothers face a world in which their father has suddenly died, a world dominated by their beautiful and complicated mother. Thirty years later, one of the brothers-the only remaining survivor of a family he seeks both to leave behind and to preserve in words forever-narrates these precise and heartbreaking tales. Suffused with the beauty of Richard McCann's extraordinary language, \u003ci\u003e Mother of Sorrows \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces us to an elegant writer like no other in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard McCann's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and in many anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays 2000\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of poems. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and from the Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundations. He lives in Washington, D.C., where he co-directs the graduate program in creative writing at American University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830465790226,"sku":"9781400096213","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8fa72c09-34a2-417b-80d9-f28f7d42f7e0.jpg?v=1767002767","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mother-of-sorrows-9781400096213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}