{"product_id":"circling-my-mother","title":"Circling My Mother","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCircling My Mother\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMary Gordon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307277619\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAnchor\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A daring and perceptive work of memory, catharsis and literary grace.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Circling My Mother | Mary Gordon | Paperback | 9780307277619 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1656804","offer_id":48700134228120,"sku":"1656804","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/619VK-2MQ4L.jpg?v=1773771292","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/circling-my-mother","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}