{"product_id":"parting-gifts-paperback","title":"Parting Gifts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatrina Anne Willis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken by their unorthodox Midwestern childhood, sisters Catherine, Anne, and Jessica Mathers search for love, acceptance, and worth--often in the most unlikely places. Catherine, the oldest of the Mathers sisters, is an English professor battling breast cancer with Cytoxan, red wine, and profanity. Anne is a wife and stay-at-home mother of two struggling to make ends meet in a suburban existence that both suffocates and confounds her. Jessica, the youngest by ten years and estranged--by choice--from her family, is an exotic dancer who feels safer on stage than in a relationship. But when the sisters are faced with an incomprehensible loss, they are forced to reevaluate themselves, their damaged bonds, and their fragile future. \u003ci\u003eParting Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates one highly dysfunctional family's tentative, desperate crawl toward a life of meaning and worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatrina Anne Willis, 2011 Midwest Writers Fellow and 2015 BlogHer Voice of the Year, is an author, blogger, and essayist. An Indianapolis \u003ci\u003eListen to Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e participant and contributor to \u003ci\u003eMamalode\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, her work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eNothing but the Truth So Help Me God: 73 Women On Life's Transitions\u003c\/i\u003e (Nothing but the Truth Publishing, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eMy Other Ex: Women's True Stories of Leaving and Losing Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (HerStories Project Press, 2014). She was awarded the 2014 Parenting Media Association's Gold Medal Blogger Award for her work with \u003ci\u003eIndy's Child \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Willis lives in Northwest Ohio with the love of her life, Chris, and her four fabulous teenagers, Sam, Gus, Mary Claire, and George. Learn more at www.katrinaannewillis.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535887425675,"sku":"9781631520396","price":28.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/awYDUnCSaj9781631520396.webp?v=1783310931","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/parting-gifts-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}