{"product_id":"dont-let-my-baby-do-rodeo-paperback","title":"Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoris Fishman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya Shulman and Alex Rubin met in 1992, when she was a Ukrainian exchange student with \"a devil in her head\" about becoming a chef instead of a medical worker, and he was the coddled son of Russian immigrants wanting a less predictable life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, Maya Rubin is a medical worker in suburban New Jersey, and Alex is his father's second in the family business. The great dislocation of their lives is their eight-year-old son, Max--adopted from two teenagers in Montana despite Alex's view that \"adopted children are second-class.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a salvation and a mystery to his parents--with whom Max's biological mother left him with the cryptic exhortation, \"Don't let my baby do rodeo\"--Max suddenly turns feral, consorting with wild animals, eating grass, and running away to sit facedown in a river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching for answers, Maya convinces Alex to embark on a cross-country trip to Montana to track down Max's birth parents. But it's Maya who's illuminated by the journey, her own erstwhile wildness summoned for a reckoning by the unsparing landscape, with seismic consequences for herself and her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759219605792,"sku":"9780062384379","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b66d7371060be21eecad4f11e4bead5.webp?v=1780145864","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dont-let-my-baby-do-rodeo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}