{"product_id":"mother-is-a-place","title":"Mother Is a Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of growing toward motherhood via chosen family, sickness, literature, and nature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eMother is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e details 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 \u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e author Melissa Febos, \u003ci\u003eMother Is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e is \"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.\"","brand":"Dopamine\/Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52911834857783,"sku":"9781635902945","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_5b36f806-6259-46ac-b69d-ec2d17e5438c.jpg?v=1787927988","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/mother-is-a-place","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}