{"product_id":"the-carnation-milk-palace-melissa-pritchard-9781954276642","title":"The Carnation Milk Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLushly immersive stories exploring the ties that bind women together\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong these eleven acclaimed stories, readers will witness a young girl's coming of age in 1960s California on New Year's Eve; a woman scooping honeybees from her Phoenix pool as she awaits news of her husband, deployed in Iraq; a divorcée and her daughters visiting their grandmother in Hawaii ahead of a deadly tsunami; aging sisters whose secrets are revealed on holiday in Vienna; a delightfully tipsy game of croquet on Mother's Day; a family trying to hold itself together over Christmas as the war in Vietnam divides the country; and the naïve Mrs. Wisdom, whose first grandchild ushers in a lifting of the veil between Halloween and Thanksgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeavened by humor and the many forms of love, \u003ci\u003eThe Carnation Milk Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, evocative tribute to women at all stages of their lives and to the overriding power of forgiveness, selflessness, resilience, and the lasting, fractured sweetness of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Pritchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954276648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Melissa Pritchard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454356369663,"sku":"9781954276642","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab45750d-628e-4dcb-80eb-b48ba83f79a4.jpg?v=1777305726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-carnation-milk-palace-melissa-pritchard-9781954276642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}