{"product_id":"the-patron-saint-of-pregnant-girls-9781250156839","title":"The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A joy to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island's people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret's Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte's husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn't allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world, forms a complicated friendship with Lotte. But the mothers' fragile trio is threatened when Lotte and her husband hatch a dangerous plan to reunite their family, and Tilli and Sabine must try to find a way to pull them back to reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs full of joy and beauty as it is of pain, and told with the luminous power that has made Ursula Hegi a beloved bestselling author for decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a shining testament to the ways in which women hold each other up in the most unexpected of circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrsula Hegi is the author of over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eStones from the River, Children and Fire, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFloating in My Mother's Palm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTearing the Silence\u003c\/i\u003e. A German-born writer, she immigrated to the United States at eighteen. She has served as juror for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle. Ursula lives with her family on Long Island and has taught writing at Stony Brook, USC Irvine, and Barnard College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510889746706,"sku":"9781250156839","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e11dce8a-6e06-423f-999a-704d0ae25586.jpg?v=1730938200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-patron-saint-of-pregnant-girls-9781250156839","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}