{"product_id":"the-book-of-mother-9781982108793","title":"The Book of Mother","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"marvelous...superbly effective\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMet by rave reviews in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and more, this stunning translation of Violaine Huisman's \"witty, immersive autofiction showcases a Parisian childhood with a charismatic, depressed parent\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e). Beautiful and magnetic, Catherine, a.k.a. \"Maman,\" smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly, and her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. Even as Violaine and her sister long for their mother's return, once she's back Maman's violent mood swings and flagrant disregard for personal boundaries soon turn their home into an emotional landmine. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With spectacular ferocity of language, a streak of dark humor, and stunning emotional bravery, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisitely wrought story of a mother's dizzying heights and devastating lows, and a daughter who must hold her memory close in order to surrender, and finally move on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViolaine Huisman was born in Paris in 1979 and has lived and worked in New York for twenty years, where she ran the Brooklyn Academy of Music's literary series and also organized multidisciplinary arts festivals across the city. Originally published by Gallimard under the title \u003ci\u003eFugitive parce que reine\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mother \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded multiple literary prizes including the Prix Françoise Sagan and the Prix Marie Claire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeslie Camhi is a New York-based essayist and cultural journalist who writes for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She is a frequent contributor to artists' monographs and museum catalogues. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book-length translation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718143807762,"sku":"9781982108793","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40eb6808-7a7e-47f8-b5ca-3512e45c8fbd.jpg?v=1734634173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-mother-9781982108793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}