{"product_id":"omega-farm-martha-mcphee-9781982197995","title":"Omega Farm: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compelling... [McPhee] positions herself neither as victim nor saint but as someone who, she says, only wants to be good.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving memoir from an award-winning novelist--a riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's fallen into neglect. As Martha works to manage her mother's care and the sprawling, ramshackle property--a broken septic system, invasive bamboo, dying ash trees--she is swept back, unwillingly, into memories of her fraught, dysfunctional childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this masterful exploration of a complicated family legacy, McPhee \"makes no effort to spare her own flaws even as she searches for the roots of her mature turmoil in the shortcomings of adults who failed in the fundamental task of protecting her younger self\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eOmega Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"expansive\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) testament to hope in the face of suffering, and a courageous tale about how returning home can offer a new way to understand the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha McPhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982197994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982197995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023","brand":"Martha McPhee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133111464191,"sku":"9781982197995","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77b12849-d384-47c7-a8a6-0cbbf60b25f8.jpg?v=1687484147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/omega-farm-martha-mcphee-9781982197995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}