{"product_id":"9780307277619","title":"Circling My Mother","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGordon, Mary\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/14\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing her exceptional talent for detail, character, and scene to bear on the life of her hard-working single mother, a bestselling author gives us a deeply felt and powerfully moving book about their relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A daring and perceptive work of memory, catharsis and literary grace.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, was the personification  of the culture of the mid-century American Catholic working class. A hard-working  single mother—Mary Gordon's father died when she was still a girl—she managed  to hold down a job, dress smartly, raise her daughter on her own, and worship the  beauty in life with a surprising \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Toward the  end of Anna's life, we watch the author care for her mother in old age, beginning  to reclaim from memory the vivid woman who helped her sail forth into her own life.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350752592127,"sku":"9780307277619","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780307277619_s600x595.jpg?v=1782320960","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780307277619","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}