{"product_id":"barn-cat-paperback","title":"Barn Cat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyoko Mori\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kyoko Mori is one of the world's most inimitable writers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e―Howard Norman, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Artist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat is Left the Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA young girl leaves Tokyo with her mother in 1979, carrying her pink suitcase to a new home, a new father and sister, on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Thirty-three years later, her mother's belongings are found packed into boxes, her furniture draped in white sheets. Without so much as a note, a mother leaves these grown sisters to figure out where she has gone. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when people lose their way home? Like a little barn cat, they grab onto a second family... and start again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyoko Mori's award-winning first novel, \u003ci\u003eShizuko's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a jewel of a book, one of those rarities that shine out only a few times in a generation.\" Her many critically acclaimed books include \u003ci\u003ePolite Lies, The Dream of Water, Yarn\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels, \u003ci\u003e Stone Field, True Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e One Bird. \u003c\/i\u003eKyoko Mori teaches at George Mason University and lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 7.04 x 4.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760125837600,"sku":"9781936846405","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/539558344e01d86bb4d3382ed41f0154.webp?v=1780172265","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/barn-cat-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}