{"product_id":"raising-wrenns-mal-wrenn-corbin-9798988271567","title":"Raising Wrenns: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe only way people get out of Worcester is in a body bag\u003c\/em\u003e, people used to say when Mal was growing up in the Main South neighborhood-crash-landing in house after house like true wrens, her family's nutty avian namesake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaising Wrenns \u003c\/em\u003erecounts her trips back to Worcester after the men in her family lost their lives; first her dad when he was shot, and later her brother who committed suicide jumping off a roof. On these trips she revisits the shoddy apartments they perched in, resurrecting her macabre, sometimes comical childhood memories of the streets where they fought bloody and birdlike for their survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is cordoned by fantastical and scientific stories comparing her family's world and personality traits with those of wrens. It also contains a creative history of Worcester, a former factory town plagued by poverty, addiction, and violence-a cycle that Mal, unlike her brother and father, was able to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mal Wrenn Corbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988271567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SDP Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024","brand":"Mal Wrenn Corbin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761477742847,"sku":"9798988271567","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d79b435-48d0-44ff-bf76-e73517d904c8.jpg?v=1706681432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raising-wrenns-mal-wrenn-corbin-9798988271567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}