{"product_id":"the-tiger-in-the-grass-stories-and-other-inventions-0140251480","title":"The Tiger in the Grass: Stories and Other Inventions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0140251480\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Doerr, Harriet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.Strikingly pure and radiant.-The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666188370208,"sku":"NEW0140251480","price":25.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71OxA0f31ZL.jpg?v=1778923183","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-tiger-in-the-grass-stories-and-other-inventions-0140251480","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}