{"product_id":"mother-knew-best-t-m-drykken-9798721994326","title":"Mother Knew Best: A Short Story Collection","description":"\u003ci\u003eFor millennia, mothers have adopted a language all of their own, often misunderstood by their parental counterparts, but translations made clear and direct to their wide-eyed urchins. They have a way of making their points with alarming precision, simple sentence shockers. From the threatening to the sarcastic to the logical, our mothers have created an idiom compendium rivaling those from Oxford or the ancient scholars of biblical times. This unsettling collection shares but a few of these phrases along with the inherent consequences of not taking them to heart as children and passing them off as just \"things mama said.\" When the figurative becomes reality, the nightmares become alive and the illogical reigns. From a pestering angel to an ill-tempered businessman to an unrelenting and injurious storm, one would be wise to listen with eyes, ears, and mind wide open to what is occurring...because more often than not...mother knew best.\u003c\/i\u003eStories Included: \u003cli\u003eANGEL ON MY BACK\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePICKING UP A BAD CENT\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTHE MUDDLING\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHISS AND SPLATTER\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRUMP ROAST\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMAINTENANCE MAN\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGLACIAL FEATURES\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis horrifying short story collection also includes the first chapter excerpt from T.M. Drykken's upcoming novel, The Anger.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. M. Drykken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8721994323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798721994326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"T. M. Drykken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058479362303,"sku":"9798721994326","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_256dddd7-11d6-4078-b1f4-dd5ea4fd777c.jpg?v=1685052795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-knew-best-t-m-drykken-9798721994326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}