{"product_id":"that-kind-of-mother-9780062667618","title":"That Kind of Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed - The Boston Globe - The Millions - InStyle - Southern Living - Vogue - Popsugar - Kirkus - The Washington Post - Library Journal - Real Simple \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- NPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam's second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- Celeste Ng, author of \u003cem\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keep\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help--Priscilla Johnson--and begs her to come home with them as her son's nanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePriscilla's presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca's perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the warmth and psychological acuity that defined his debut, Rumaan Alam has crafted a remarkable novel about the lives we choose, and the lives that are chosen for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlam, Rumaan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRumaan Alam \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eRich and Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehat Kind of Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, and the instant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books, Bookforum, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ethe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, where he is a contributing editor. He studied writing at Oberlin College and lives in New York with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646564733202,"sku":"9780062667618","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e7f332f-e05d-4d19-a894-3bfe97221e22.jpg?v=1733180215","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/that-kind-of-mother-9780062667618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}