{"product_id":"waterbaby-cris-mazza-9781933368849","title":"Waterbaby","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping tale of compulsion, obsession, and forgiveness, set so evocatively amidst the fogs and furies of the offseason Maine coast. It's also an intriguing exploration of the ways in which our ancestral pasts echo within our own psyches.\" --Lisa Alther, author of \u003ci\u003eKinflicks and Kinfolks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs children, Tam and her older brother were swimming when she suffered her first epileptic seizure. He pulled her from the water and was crowned a hero. Tam was labeled \"disabled\" and never swam again. And so began 30 years of vigilance, never allowing her body to betray her, never allowing her brother or her family or anyone else to influence her path. Now, in middle age, a lifetime's worth of control has taken its toll. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExhausted, she heads to Maine where, while working on a genealogy project, she falls under the spell of two dead women: an ancestor, Mary Catherine, who died at 33; the other, the town ghost. Through their cloistered, tragic lives Tam relives her own life over and over--until a distant cousin forces her to see herself in a new light. This novel of one woman's quest to transcend self-imposed limitations is superbly crafted and richly satisfying, and \"shows us how, through resuscitating our pasts, and rescuing each other, we might just save ourselves\" (Alex Shakar, author of \u003ci\u003eSavage Girl\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cris Mazza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933368845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933368849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2007 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 883\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2007 pg. 101","brand":"Cris Mazza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739062259967,"sku":"9781933368849","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a410293a-f5db-4fe1-b0fe-9848565bf9a1.jpg?v=1743277090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waterbaby-cris-mazza-9781933368849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}