{"product_id":"9781401689599_motherless","title":"Motherless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA WHISPERING VOICE \u003cem\u003eat the \u003c\/em\u003eBACK \u003cem\u003eof \u003c\/em\u003eMY MIND REMINDS ME \u003cem\u003ethat \u003c\/em\u003eI'VE BEEN THIS WAY \u003cem\u003efor \u003c\/em\u003eSOME TIME.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEAD, THAT IS.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dead have a very broad view of the living, of actions performed out of sight, of thoughts believed to be private. I would know. Losing both parents is a trial no child should endure, and Marina and Dylan have endured enough. They deserve the one thing I could never give them: a mother's love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mother's love, and the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy children have believed a lie about me for years and years. After all this time I can still feel their hurt in my heart. But the tether holding me to them is frayed from years of neglect . . . and I have to find a way to make my confession before it snaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the truth comes out, what other beasts will I unleash?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why do we lie to the children?\" someone asked me once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To protect them,\" I answered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow terrible it is that they need protection from me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erin Healy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701176643633,"sku":"9781401689599","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781401689599.jpg?v=1772538341","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781401689599_motherless","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}