{"product_id":"mother-country-3","title":"Mother Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e examines the intricacies of mother–daughter relationships: what we inherit from our mothers, what we let go, what we hold, and what we pass on to our own children, both the visible and invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the speaker gradually loses the mother she has always known and upon whom she has always depended to early onset Parkinson’s disease and mental illness, she asks herself: “How do you deal with the grief of losing someone who is still living?” The caregiving of a child to her parent is further compounded by anxiety and depression, as well as the pain of a miscarriage and the struggle to conceive once more. Her journey comes full circle when the speaker gives birth to a son and discovers the gap between the myths of motherhood and a far more nuanced reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40586204938323,"sku":"9781950774197","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781950774197_ff6400ce-25f9-450d-be60-9b1d537b5145.jpg?v=1765369818","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mother-country-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}