{"product_id":"fierce-barbara-robinette-moss-9780743229456","title":"Fierce: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eChange Me into Zeus's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e comes this compelling memoir about a single mother determined to break the patterns that she has been taught.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Barbara Robinette Moss grew up in the red clay hills of Alabama, the fourth of eight children, in a childhood defined by close sibling alliances, staggering poverty, and uncommon abuse at the hands of her wild-eyed, charismatic, alcoholic father. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFierce, \u003c\/i\u003e Moss looks at what happens when a child of such a family grows up. At once poetic and plainspoken, Moss, a \"powerful writer\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), paints a vivid, moving portrait of her persistent quest to reinvent her life and rebel against the rural indigence, addiction, and broken dreams she inherited from her parents. \u003cbr\u003e With warmth, insight, and candor, Moss tells the poignant story of finally leaving everything she knew in Alabama to fulfill her ambition to become an artist. It is an odyssey filled with gritty improvisation (bringing her son, Jason, to her night job to sleep on the floor), bittersweet pragmatism (filling her purse on a dinner date with shrimp, rolls, and even a doily, to bring home to a waiting eight-year-old), and staunch conviction and pride (chasing a mail carrier down the street to defend her use of food stamps). \u003cbr\u003e As with many other children of alcoholics, the legacy of her father's alcoholism catches up with Moss, and an abusive relationship -- an inheritance and addiction of its own sort -- threatens to destroy all that she has accomplished. But as Moss learns to cope with her anger and pain, parenthood helps her discover true strength. \u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eFierce\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, honest, and triumphant story, from a writer celebrated for her Southern lyricism, about a woman determined to make it on her own -- to shrug off the handicaps of her childhood and raise her son responsibly and well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Robinette Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743229452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743229456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.22w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/2004 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 729\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2004 pg. 58","brand":"Barbara Robinette Moss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410400768255,"sku":"9780743229456","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c214a30-2646-4e2c-b527-10b6da9409ad.jpg?v=1697536078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fierce-barbara-robinette-moss-9780743229456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}