{"product_id":"raising-wrenns-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Raising Wrenns: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMal Wrenn Corbin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe only way people get out of Worcester is in a body bag\u003c\/em\u003e, people used to say when Mal was growing up in the Main South neighborhood-crash-landing in house after house like true wrens, her family's nutty avian namesake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaising Wrenns \u003c\/em\u003erecounts her trips back to Worcester after the men in her family lost their lives; first her dad when he was shot, and later her brother who committed suicide jumping off a roof. On these trips she revisits the shoddy apartments they perched in, resurrecting her macabre, sometimes comical childhood memories of the streets where they fought bloody and birdlike for their survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is cordoned by fantastical and scientific stories comparing her family's world and personality traits with those of wrens. It also contains a creative history of Worcester, a former factory town plagued by poverty, addiction, and violence-a cycle that Mal, unlike her brother and father, was able to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752372863264,"sku":"9798988271567","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ff79399c33ba1cc8d3edf7cd9ee740d8.webp?v=1779994117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/raising-wrenns-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}