{"product_id":"2940170720729","title":"Letter to My Daughter: A Novel","description":"\u003ci\u003eDear Elizabeth,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's early morning and I'm sitting here wondering where you are, hoping you're all right.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA fight, ended by a slap, sends Elizabeth out the door of her Baton Rouge home on the eve of her fifteenth birthday. Her mother, Laura, is left to fret and worry-and remember. Wracked with guilt as she awaits Liz's return, Laura begins a letter to her daughter, hoping to convey \"everything I've always meant to tell you but never have.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her painfully candid confession, Laura shares memories of her own troubled adolescence in rural Louisiana, growing up in an intensely conservative household. She recounts her relationship with a boy she loved despite her parents' disapproval, the fateful events that led to her being sent away to a strict Catholic boarding school, the personal tragedy brought upon her by the Vietnam War, and, finally, the meaning of the enigmatic tattoo below her right hip.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing and affirming, George Bishop's magnificent debut brilliantly captures a sense of time and place with a distinct and inviting voice. \u003ci\u003eLetter to My Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartwrenching novel of mothers, daughters, and the lessons we all learn when we come of age.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117521453296,"sku":"2940170720729","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170720729_p0.jpg?v=1763815693","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170720729","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}