{"product_id":"mamas-still-dead-anne-davidson-keller-9798995902003","title":"Mama's Still Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e★★★★★ Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review: \"Mama may be dead, yet her presence gives the household a mischievous form of continuity, where love still speaks loudly enough to rearrange the living. \u003cstrong\u003eReaders who enjoy paranormal fiction rooted in family will love this.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome women call their mothers in a crisis. Lily Corcoran calls hers from the dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years old, separated, drowning in an unfinished neuroscience PhD, and raising a freaked-out ten-year-old whose father treats their custody schedule like a loose suggestion-Lily's life is in spectacular collapse. Her survival strategy: Overwork, Snickers, and boxed cabernet that isn't going to drink itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mama materializes, Lily's first thought isn't miracle. It's brain tumor. But Mama is absolutely, inconveniently real. Lily introduces her as long-lost Cousin Trish and wildly hopes for the best. Mama folds laundry. She bakes lasagna. She has opinions. And shoulder pads. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartbreak and hilarity ensue: a ghost mother with catastrophic romantic strategies from 1989, a daughter white-knuckling her way through separation, a dissertation committee member who should be reported to HR, and a little girl who takes to her dead grandmother like a magnet to a fridge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the chaos is a daughter who lost her mother too young and has never stopped needing her. And a secret about Mama's death that nobody's been brave enough to tell her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama's Still Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a witty, fierce, and unexpectedly moving novel about the mothers we lose, the messes we make, and the stubborn, glorious work of becoming the woman we want to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Davidson Keller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995902003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rocky Dell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Anne Davidson Keller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546668175615,"sku":"9798995902003","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01b2a6f1-3d09-4729-9499-922e4758afb6.jpg?v=1790538683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mamas-still-dead-anne-davidson-keller-9798995902003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}