{"product_id":"times-mouth-9781640095724","title":"Time's Mouth","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUrsa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950's California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods outside Santa Cruz. Yet Ursa's powers come with a cost. Soon this cultish community of sisterhood takes an ominous turn, prompting her son, Ray, and his pregnant lover, Cherry, to flee their home for Los Angeles and reinvent themselves far from Ursa's insidious influence. But escaping their past won't be so easy. A series of mysterious events forces Cherry to abandon their baby, leaving Ray to raise Opal alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow a teenager and still heartbroken over the abandonment of the mother she never knew, Opal must journey into her own past to reveal the generations of secrets that gave rise to the shimmering source of her family's painful legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the forests of Santa Cruz, to the 1980s glam of Melrose Avenue to a solitary mansion among the oil derricks off La Cienega Boulevard, and brimming with the double-edged capacity of memory to both heal and harm, \u003ci\u003eTime's Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and evocative excavation of the bonds that bind families together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edan Lepucki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDAN LEPUCKI\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWoman No. 17\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eMothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41138183569523,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":31.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9b083905-fc17-4fdc-98f3-a2761063be11.jpg?v=1701785918","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/times-mouth-9781640095724","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}