{"product_id":"omega-farm-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Omega Farm: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compelling... [McPhee] positions herself neither as victim nor saint but as someone who, she says, only wants to be good.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving memoir from an award-winning novelist--a riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's fallen into neglect. As Martha works to manage her mother's care and the sprawling, ramshackle property--a broken septic system, invasive bamboo, dying ash trees--she is swept back, unwillingly, into memories of her fraught, dysfunctional childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this masterful exploration of a complicated family legacy, McPhee \"makes no effort to spare her own flaws even as she searches for the roots of her mature turmoil in the shortcomings of adults who failed in the fundamental task of protecting her younger self\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eOmega Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"expansive\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) testament to hope in the face of suffering, and a courageous tale about how returning home can offer a new way to understand the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha McPhee is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBright Angel Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Gorgeous Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e L'America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDear Money.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. \u003ci\u003eGorgeous Lies\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. She teaches fiction at Hofstra University and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752435646752,"sku":"9781982198008","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b18336962f2110a79b0d7ce3a9c33a24.webp?v=1779995826","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/omega-farm-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}