{"product_id":"a-house-at-the-edge-marilyn-hacker-9781555974343","title":"A House at the Edge of Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the city of Beirut, five shabby dwellings circle a courtyard with a pomegranate tree weeping blood red fruit. The residents hear screams in the night as a boy is tossed out into the street by his father--a punishment for masturbating in his sleep. A crime not worthy of the punishment: the neighbors gossip and decide that he must have tried to rape his sisters. \"Small-boned with long, silky lashes, no one but the devil could camouflage evil so seductively.\" The poems he writes are perhaps an even greater crime to his father, but ultimately a gift to his eldest sister, who narrates their story with a combination of brutal truth and stunning prose. As her brother becomes more and more lost to his family and to himself, we also learn of a Contessa who teaches tango, a family who spends every Sunday in search of buried treasure, and the miracle of a weeping Madonna statue that cries when human tears run dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the harrowing and mesmerizing novel \u003ci\u003eA House at the Edge of Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated novelist and poet, Khoury-Ghata, presents the disintegration of a family and a country--both ruled by a fury fueled by fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn Hacker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555974341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.32w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/2005 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2005 pg. 996\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 34","brand":"Marilyn Hacker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838323871999,"sku":"9781555974343","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_502c50c8-24bd-4d9c-9cc3-37576ea9c5d8.jpg?v=1746589473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-house-at-the-edge-marilyn-hacker-9781555974343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}