{"product_id":"mother-land-paperback-2","title":"Mother Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Theroux possesses a fabulously nasty sense of humor.\" -- Stephen King, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is a selfish, petty tyrant. She excels at playing her offspring against each other. Her favorite, Angela, died in childbirth; only Angela really understands her, she tells the others. The others include the officious lawyer, Fred; the uproarious professor, Floyd; a pair of inseparable sisters whose devotion to Mother has consumed their lives; and JP, the narrator, a successful writer whose work she disparages. As she lives well past the age of one hundred, her brood struggles with and among themselves to shed her viselike hold on them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Mother Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a piercing portrait of how a parent's narcissism impacts a family. While the particulars of his tale are unique, Paul Theroux encapsulates with acute clarity and wisdom a circumstance that is familiar to millions of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Paul Theroux ladles a steaming cup of dysfunctional-family chowder in \u003cem\u003eMother Land\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -- \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An engrossing, emotionally tangled and often merciless examination of family and self . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e is a bittersweet, brutally frank family saga that offers enough redemption to make the journey worth it.\" -- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Lower River\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast, \u003c\/i\u003e and his renowned travel books include \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDeep South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241343041785,"sku":"9781328915825","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dEJGNUlYcmZyOUNudU9uWk83MUdEZz09_67c4ada8-d6d9-474d-a3b0-dffb43eec116.webp?v=1768580359","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mother-land-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}