{"product_id":"if-trees-could-talk-margot-mcmahon-9781736767740","title":"If Trees Could Talk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf Trees Could Talk\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hybrid historical fiction\/memoir that uncovers family secrets through the clues discovered by internationally-acclaimed sculptor Margot McMahon. Contains original artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is all they left to follow the breadcrumbs of their life story...As I discover my Northern Irish Catholic roots, I realize my adventurous life has been a quest to understand my past.\"-the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Irene winked in the photographs that ran in the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNews Sun \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDaily Herald\u003c\/em\u003e. Mac attempted to calm the adrenaline triggered from the camera flashes. Only his eyes penetrated into the terror he squelched inside. The scapula hung under Mac's shirt; Irene's was in her clutch. All were celebrating the end of the war, rations, separation and coming together. Whoops and hoots, cascading rice as they ducked arm-in-arm through the gathered group of family friends on the Basilica steps. Irene's parents had been married here in quieter, but just as uncertain times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMac was gazing into Irene's gray hazy-blue eyes. She had a solemn, warm, girl-like calm face. There was something ethereal about her, as if she always gracefully carried a bouquet of fresh flowers. Irene looked into his sky-blue wide and excited eyes. She handed him her suitcase. He had the keys to Bess's Buick. They were giddy with their plans for a road trip. She watched his agile, delicate hands, artist's hands, take the steering wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They drove to the Knickerbocker with tin cans rattling behind them. Only recently, tin had been rationed. Soap was flagrantly wasted to write \u003cem\u003eJust Married \u003c\/em\u003eon the back window. They passed the sound of waves on the outer drive. Combining food stamps, Mac's GI bill salary and a reduced- price reception hall, they celebrated a glorious wedding. Capturing every posed moment of cake cutting and feeding each other fork loads of Agatha's whipped cream frosted angel food cake, Bess' brown-sugar dipped figs, dark-chocolate macaroons and William's pineapples from California.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--from\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e If Trees Could Talk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot McMahon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736767747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736767740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aquarius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Margot McMahon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044741640447,"sku":"9781736767740","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16f36d9f-72c3-4eef-9406-39932fac3567.jpg?v=1684974620","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-trees-could-talk-margot-mcmahon-9781736767740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}