{"product_id":"mother-is-a-place-by-amra-brooks","title":"Mother Is a Place by Amra Brooks","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDOPAMINE\/Semiotext(e):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of growing toward motherhood via chosen family, sickness, literature, and nature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen Amra Brooks' parents split, so did her life—half lived with her queer, punk, addict dad in Los Angeles, and half with her struggling mom in Santa Cruz. With a poetic tone and an eye for rough beauty,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edetails one girl's dogged search for safety and care, a pursuit that brings her from idyllic literary studies to nannying for an iconic, out-of-control rock star, from her mysteriously collapsing body to the defiant tenderness of motherhood. Says\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eauthor Melissa Febos,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis \"a beautiful and finely told story of becoming, this memoir is both map and guide—to bearing what we are given, the path to home, and all that is possible to build ourselves.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53829907906853,"sku":"9781635902945","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9781635902945.jpg?v=1789504639","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/mother-is-a-place-by-amra-brooks","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}