{"product_id":"the-wilderness-9798893389098","title":"The Wilderness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply felt chronicle into the wilderness of the first forty days of new motherhood.\u003c\/b\u003eIn the final weeks of her pregnancy, Ayşeg?l Savaş becomes fascinated by the mythology around the first forty days after giving birth, and the invisible beings that are said to surround the mother. \"In Turkish, we speak of extracting the forty days, like a sort of exorcism. My grandmothers assure me that it will all get better after forty days are out.\" A friend lends a book that suggests forty days of rest and fortifying broths and avoiding wind and cold. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, forty days are seen as a period of trial and transformation. They are often journeys into the wilderness and \"its vast and unruly territories.\" When the baby arrives, Savaş charts her own path into the wilderness of new motherhood--a space of contradiction, of chaos and care, mothering and being mothered. \"What is the trial of the postpartum crossing?\" writes Savaş. \"Where will mother and child emerge once they have left the wild?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAyşeg?l Savaş is the author of the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eWalking on the Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite on White\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into six languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875414642962,"sku":"9798893389098","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5c7420e-e21a-40dc-95b7-a3bf7c144ade.jpg?v=1738287365","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wilderness-9798893389098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}