{"product_id":"waterbaby-paperback-by-cris-mazza","title":"Waterbaby Paperback by Cris Mazza","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSoft Skull\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2007-09-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e310\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781933368849\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping tale of compulsion, obsession, and forgiveness, set so evocatively amidst the fogs and furies of the offseason Maine coast. It's also an intriguing exploration of the ways in which our ancestral pasts echo within our own psyches.\" —Lisa Alther, author of \u003ci\u003eKinflicks and Kinfolks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs children, Tam and her older brother were swimming when she suffered her first epileptic seizure. He pulled her from the water and was crowned a hero. Tam was labeled “disabled” and never swam again. And so began 30 years of vigilance, never allowing her body to betray her, never allowing her brother or her family or anyone else to influence her path. Now, in middle age, a lifetime’s worth of control has taken its toll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhausted, she heads to Maine where, while working on a genealogy project, she falls under the spell of two dead women: an ancestor, Mary Catherine, who died at 33; the other, the town ghost. Through their cloistered, tragic lives Tam relives her own life over and over—until a distant cousin forces her to see herself in a new light. This novel of one woman's quest to transcend self-imposed limitations is superbly crafted and richly satisfying, and \"shows us how, through resuscitating our pasts, and rescuing each other, we might just save ourselves\" (Alex Shakar, author of \u003ci\u003eSavage Girl\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCris Mazza\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCharlatan: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWaterbaby\u003c\/i\u003e. Additionally, Mazza has sixteen other titles of fiction and literary nonfiction including \u003ci\u003eSomething Wrong With Her\u003c\/i\u003e, a real-time memoir; her first novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Leave a Country\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN\/Nelson Algren Award for book-length fiction; and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eIs It Sexual Harassment Yet?\u003c\/i\u003e She is a native of Southern California and is a professor in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556619604129,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781933368849","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781933368849.jpg?v=1781822818","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/waterbaby-paperback-by-cris-mazza","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}