{"product_id":"2196022","title":"Mama","description":"260 pp. 8vo. Author's first book. \"The explosive novel that introduced #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan. Terry McMillan is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of the novels Disappearing Acts, Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. \"Mama, a first novel, tells of a proud black woman, Mildred Peacock, and her five children. After a violent fight, Mildred throws her drunken husband out of the house. On her own in the poor town of Point Haven, Michigan, Mildred scrimps and drinks, works and goes on welfare, struggling to raise her kids and keep her sanity. Mildred's closest bond is to her oldest daughter, Freda, and their lives parallel each other's progress from despair to hope.\" - Library Journal","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12595434487878,"sku":"2196022","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2196022.jpg?v=1571422529","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/2196022","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}