{"product_id":"like-family-growing-up-in-other-peoples-houses-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, a Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula McLain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing memoir that \"demonstrates the true meaning of family\" from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen the Stars Go Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years -- a book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of My Youth\u003c\/i\u003e and Mary Karr's \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Club\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula McLain\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, received her MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996. Her other books include two volumes of poems, \u003ci\u003eLess of Her\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStumble\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGorgeous\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eA Ticket to Ride\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircling the Sun, Love and Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Stars Go Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches in the MFA Program in Poetry at New England College, and lives with her family in Cleveland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.26 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685268656191,"sku":"9780316400602","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9cc8bc2c8defcb38538ae86d8fc86aae.webp?v=1764970443","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/like-family-growing-up-in-other-peoples-houses-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}