{"product_id":"imperfect-birds-isbn-9781594485046","title":"Imperfect Birds","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway, Almost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful and redemptive novel of love and family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. She's intelligent-she aced AP physics; athletic-a former state-ranked tennis doubles champion; and beautiful. She is, in short, everything her mother, Elizabeth, hoped she could be. The family's move to Landsdale, with stepfather James in tow, hadn't been as bumpy as Elizabeth feared. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. Slowly and against their will, Elizabeth and James are forced to confront the fact that Rosie has been lying to them-and that her deceptions will have profound consequences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is Anne Lamott's most honest and heartrending novel yet, exploring our human quest for connection and salvation as it reveals the traps that can befall all of us.\"Heartbreaking and delightful, moving and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us how our children are connected to and independent of us, and that no matter how difficult our struggle is with them, love underlies it all and saves us. This novel captures the deepest, purest, most terrifying experience of parents fearing for their children. With great insight and humor, Anne Lamott shows us what it means these dangerous days to be a parent, what it means to be a child, and what it means to be a family.\" \u003cbr\u003e -David Sheff, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is a hell of a book, tough and wonderful. A heartbreak and a heart- mender.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Martin Cruz Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Mile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrace (Eventually)\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlan B\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies; Bird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRosie\u003c\/i\u003e. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301406298341,"sku":"NP9781594485046","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594485046.jpg?v=1767729885","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/imperfect-birds-isbn-9781594485046","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}