{"product_id":"the-mother-9780062440815","title":"The Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eA Cupboard Full of Coats \u003c\/em\u003emakes her hardcover debut with a provocative and timely novel about an emotionally devastated mother's struggle to understand her teenage son's death, and her search for meaning and hope in the wake of incomprehensible loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unimaginable has happened to Marcia Williams. Her bright and beautiful sixteen-year-old son, Ryan, has been brutally murdered. Consumed by grief and rage, she must bridle her dark feelings and endure something no mother should ever have to experience: she must go to court for the trial of the killer--another teenage boy--accused of taking her son's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow could her son be dead? Ryan should have been safe--he wasn't the kind of boy to find himself on the wrong end of a knife carried by a dangerous young man like Tyson Manley. But as the trial proceeds, Marcia finds her beliefs and assumptions challenged as she learns more about Ryan's death and Tyson's life, including his dysfunctional family. She also discovers troubling truths about her own. As the strain of Ryan's death tests their marriage, Lloydie, her husband, pulls farther away, hiding behind a wall of secrets that masks his grief, while Marcia draws closer to her sister, who is becoming her prime confidant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne person seems to hold the answers--and the hope--Marcia needs: Tyson's scared young girlfriend, Sweetie. But as this anguished mother has learned, nothing in life is certain. Not anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, engrossing novel that illuminates some of the most important and troubling issues of our time, \u003cem\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/em\u003eis a moving portrait of love, tragedy, and survival--and the aftershocks from a momentary act of cruel violence that transforms the lives of everyone it touches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvvette Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062440815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwards, Yvvette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvvette Edwards is the author of the highly praised \u003cem\u003eA Cupboard Full of Coats\u003c\/em\u003e, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, short-listed for the Commonwealth Prize, and named a \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year. She resides in the East End of London, and is married with three daughters and a stepson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43144521023603,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dbc72915-8b76-4fe7-ab32-be0474414363.jpg?v=1750503677","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-mother-9780062440815","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}