{"product_id":"mending-the-moon","title":"Mending the Moon","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter a charismatic woman's murdered while vacationing in Mexico, her adopted son Jeremy and her friends are invited by the teenaged murderer's mother to his memorial service after he drowns himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A story of profound loss, grief, and guilt is leavened and enlightened by the parallel narrative about a cult comic book...Despite its backdrop of pain, this is a compulsively readable and thought-provoking celebration of friendship and humanity.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reminiscent of Gail Godwin and Madeleine L'Engle, this is a brave and brilliant book.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eJo Walton, author of Among Others\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSUSAN PALWICK's debut novel, \u003ci\u003e Flying in Place, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar, \u003c\/i\u003e won the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives with her husband in Reno, Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelinda Soto, aged sixty-four, vacationing in Mexico, is murdered by a fellow American tourist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in her hometown of Reno, Nevada, she leaves behind her adopted son, Jeremy, whom she rescued from war-torn Guatamala when he was a toddler--just one of her many causes over the years. And she leaves behind a circle of friends: Veronique, the academic stuck in a teaching job from which she can't retire; Rosemary, who's losing her husband to Alzheimer's and who's trying to lose herself in volunteer work; Henrietta, the priest at Rosemary's and Melinda's church. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeremy already had a fraught relationship with his charismatic mother and the people in her orbit. Now her death is tearing him apart, and he can barely stand the rituals of remembrance that ensue among his mother's friends. Then the police reveal who killed Melinda: a Seattle teenager who flew home to his parents and drowned himself just days later. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's too much. Jeremy's not the only one who can't deal. Friendships fray. But the unexpected happens: an invitation to them all, from the murderer's mother, to come to Seattle for his memorial. It's ridiculous. And yet, somehow, each of them begins to see in it a chance to heal. Aided, in peculiar ways, by Jeremy's years-long obsession with the comic-book hero Comrade Cosmos, and the immense cult of online commentary it's spawned. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShot through with feeling and inventiveness, Susan Palwick's \n\u003ci\u003eMending the Moon \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of the odd paths that lead to home. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003ePalwick, Susan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSusan Palwick\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \n\u003ci\u003e Flying in Place, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut. Her second novel, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar, \u003c\/i\u003e won the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives with her husband in Reno, Nevada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Palwick, Susan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2014-08-26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction|Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765375872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780765375872\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52148006158617,"sku":"SP-9780765375872","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780765375872_spiral.png?v=1774205365","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/mending-the-moon","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}