{"product_id":"9781398527782-stray-pa","title":"Stray","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSweetbitte\u003c\/i\u003er comes a raw and tender memoir set in L.A, about family, addiction, love and the grief and joy of coming home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eSweetbitter\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of survival, starting over, and love in all its complicated guises.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Even after achieving her dream of selling her debut novel, Stephanie Danler feels adrift in New York. Struggling in the throes of a doomed relationship and haunted by her tumultuous childhood, something nameless compels her to return home to Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a cottage in Laurel Canyon, as a new life begins to shape itself, she finally succumbs to memories of the past that have proved impossible to escape. A father who swung in and out of her life erratically, charming and mercurial and prone to addiction. A mother now disabled by years of alcoholism and an aneurysm, who cannot remember the abuse she inflicted. The looming, desolate mountains of Colorado, and a teenage freedom that nearly killed her. And above all, the painful love and forgiveness for those who failed her over and over again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It's such a thrill to watch a writer open up her greediest thoughts, to slice open little pockets of her skin and root around underneath her flesh.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A compulsive, neck-breaking masterpiece.’ \u003cb\u003eLisa Taddeo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This is a story of triumph: the triumph of grit, talent, grace, and beauty over the dark pull of inner demons.’ \u003cb\u003eDani Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40850559271009,"sku":"9781398527782","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31826992.jpg?v=1734624337","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398527782-stray-pa","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}