{"product_id":"italian-bones-in-the-snow-elaina-battista-parsons-9781925965827","title":"Italian Bones in the Snow: A Memoir in Shorts","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian women don't always speak with their hands and cook with cheese. They use their eyes, legs, and fresh parsley too. They race around the kitchen, work a bunch of tasks at once, and get up after being knocked down. Then there's the penchant for silent energies, colors, and music of all genres being played through large living room speakers in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut growing up as an Italian-American girl is not always baked ziti and the loud yelling dramatized on the big screen. In \u003cem\u003eItalian Bones in the Snow\u003c\/em\u003e, Elaina Battista-Parsons shines light on a palpable spirituality, a quiet adoration of nature, and a habit of speaking up-particularly when it's modeled and deemed a survival skill. She explores the people and places in her life that stuck to her soul like candle wax. She celebrates pop culture, cemeteries, her boots, and 1980s nostalgia. Switching between prose and verse, she offers up real life stories about her relationship with Catholicism, winter weather, mental health, and men throughout her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical, poignant, and raw, these memoir shorts are all adorned in the unstoppable forces of nature called grandmothers, mother, and aunts. By the time you turn the last page, not only will you know Elaina better, but you'll also know yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaina Battista-Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925965821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925965827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Elaina Battista-Parsons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053413953791,"sku":"9781925965827","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78700015-bcdc-494b-b845-d290e6d182d7.jpg?v=1685024207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-bones-in-the-snow-elaina-battista-parsons-9781925965827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}