{"product_id":"sights-unseen","title":"Sights Unseen","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSights Unseen\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKaye Gibbons\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780380729722\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst THUS Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, 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\u003eThe bestselling author of \"Charms for the Easy Life\" reads \"her best novel since \"Ellen Foster.\" \u003cbr\u003eKaye Gibbons' award-winning novels of Southern family life have won rave reviews coast to coast. Now, she tells the \"story of family dislocation and crisis in restrained prose of unflinching clarity, with a honing eye for the small domestic details that conjure a time, place and emotional atmosphere.\" \"(Publishers Weekly)\" \u003cbr\u003eTo the people of Bend of the River Road, Maggie Barnes is \"the Barnes woman with all the problems.\" To her family, she is the unpredictable wife, elusive mother, and adored daughter-in-law, and to her maid, Pearl, she is the mistress who must be cared for like a child. \u003cbr\u003eBetween the suicidal lows and delirious highs, young Hattie Barnes struggles to find a place in her mother's heart. She observes her mother's vain attempts at normalcy, and then watches as she is driven off to the hospital psychiatric ward. Only later will Hattie discover the deep-seated hopes and fears of the woman she loves unconditionally, and her inevitable connection to her family's past. \u003cbr\u003eIn heartfelt and potent prose, through Hattie's hushed voice, \"Sights Unseen\" tells the story of a troubled relationship and the courage it takes to see it through.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Sights Unseen | Kaye Gibbons | Quality | 9780380729722 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1390865","offer_id":48753904287896,"sku":"1390865","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51BZEAxAUsL.jpg?v=1774067060","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/sights-unseen","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}