{"product_id":"if-there-are-any-heavens-nicholas-montemarano-9780892555574","title":"If There Are Any Heavens: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn January 6, 2021, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, while the U.S. Capitol is under attack, Nicholas Montemarano drives six hundred miles to see his mother, who is hospitalized with COVID pneumonia and in a critical state. For ten days he lives in a hotel minutes from the hospital, alternating between hope and helplessness. This is the story of those ten days. It is the story of the pandemic told through the intimate prism of one family's loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with visceral urgency in the earliest days of grief, \u003cem\u003eIf There Are Any Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e resists categorization: it is a memoir, a poem, a mournful but loving song. Its form asks readers to slow down and breathe between each broken line. At other moments, a chorus of voices--anti-maskers, COVID-deniers, and doctors--causes the reader to become breathless. It is an almost real-time account of the anxiety, uncertainty, and sorrow brought on by this pandemic. It is also, finally, a devastating homage to a family's love in a time of great loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, and many years from now, when people want to understand the personal cost of the COVID-19 pandemic, they will turn to this intimate and spare elegy from a son to his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Montemarano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892555572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892555574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Persea Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2022","brand":"Nicholas Montemarano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989644706047,"sku":"9780892555574","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_919a3529-db30-49c7-95df-607c28c222bc.jpg?v=1683300681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-there-are-any-heavens-nicholas-montemarano-9780892555574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}