{"product_id":"9781595545039_saving-cicadas","title":"Saving Cicadas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving novel of unconditional love and the freedom of letting go, this story follows the haunting journey of a single mother from South Carolina who discovers she's pregnant again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen single mother Priscilla Lynn Macy learns she's having another child unexpectedly, she packs the family into the car to escape. Eight-year-old Janie Doe and Rainey Dae, her seventeen-year-old sister with special needs, embark on the last family vacation they'll ever take with Poppy and Grandma Mona in the back seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trip seems aimless until Janie realizes they are searching for the father who left them years ago. When they can't find him, they make their way to Forest Pines, SC. Priscilla hasn't been to her family home in many years and finds it a mixed blessing of hope, buried secrets, and family ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough eyes of innocence, Janie learns the hard realities of life and the difficult choices grownups make. And she must face disturbing truths about the people she loves in order to carry them in the moments that matter most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart road trip, part mystery, and completely unexpected, \u003cem\u003eSaving Cicadas\u003c\/em\u003e picks you up in one place and puts you down someplace else entirely. It's an eloquent reminder that life is a miracle--and even the smallest soul is a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHaunting contemporary southern fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion questions for book clubs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso by Nicole Seitz: \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritance of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Hundred Years of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrouble the Water\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nicole Seitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701343662129,"sku":"9781595545039","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781595545039.jpg?v=1780471207","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781595545039_saving-cicadas","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}