{"product_id":"shelter-me-9780061673399","title":"Shelter Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness...and help that arrives from unexpected sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour months after her husband's death, Janie LaMarche remains undone by grief and anger. Her mourning is disrupted, however, by the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her house. Stunned, Janie realizes the porch was meant to be a surprise from her husband--now his last gift to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she reluctantly allows construction to begin, Janie clings to the familiar outposts of her sorrow--mothering her two small children with fierce protectiveness, avoiding friends and family, and stewing in a rage she can't release. Yet Janie's self-imposed isolation is breached by a cast of unlikely interventionists: her chattering, ipecac-toting aunt; her bossy, over-manicured neighbor; her muffin-bearing cousin; and even Tug, the contractor with a private grief all his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the porch takes shape, Janie discovers that the unknowable terrain of the future is best navigated with the help of others--even those we least expect to call on, much less learn to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFay, Juliette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJuliette Fay is the award-winning, bestselling author of five previous novels, including \u003cem\u003eShelter Me\u003c\/em\u003e, a Massachusetts Book Award and Indie Next pick, and \u003cem\u003eThe Tumbling Turner Sisters, \u003c\/em\u003ea\u003cem\u003e USA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. Juliette is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard University, and lives in Massachusetts with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459897200914,"sku":"9780061673399","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0eba4b8c-2553-4d8c-b7db-910a2a576774.jpg?v=1730012774","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shelter-me-9780061673399","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}