{"product_id":"pearl-paperback-18","title":"Pearl - 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\u003eMary Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested in politics-nor in the Catholicism her mother rejected years before. What, then, is driving her to martyr herself? Shaken by this mystery, Maria and her childhood friend (and Pearl's surrogate father), Joseph Kasperman, both rush to Pearl's side. As Mary Gordon tells the story of the bonds among them, she\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes us deep into the labyrinths of maternal love, religious faith, and Ireland's tragic history. \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand and emotionally daring novel of ideas, told with the tension of a thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Gordon's novels include \u003ci\u003ePearl, \u003c\/i\u003e S\u003ci\u003epending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Man\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works of non-fiction. She has received a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.98 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267597320441,"sku":"9781400078073","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HQj5S2ta3M9781400078073.webp?v=1768868243","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pearl-paperback-18","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}