{"product_id":"hand-me-down-melanie-thorne-9780452298859","title":"Hand Me Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of 2012\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHand Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which recalls the gritty power of Dorothy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e, is fiction with the ring of truth.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents' cruel mistakes and broken promises. When their mother chooses her second husband and their new family over raising her firstborn girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and risk losing the shelter of each other. \u003ci\u003eHand Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e indelibly captures a contemporary family journey--how two young people, against incredible odds, forge lives of their own in the face of an uncertain future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Thorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452298857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452298859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Melanie Thorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064986382591,"sku":"9780452298859","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7811a34-7381-4bee-9e2c-607315daf668.jpg?v=1768672375","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hand-me-down-melanie-thorne-9780452298859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}