{"product_id":"9780307743602","title":"The Mare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a family in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something much more significant. Soon Velvet finds herself torn between her host family—Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic; and Paul, a college professor—and her own deeply tormented mother. The one constant becomes Velvet’s newly discovered passion for horse riding—and especially for an abused, unruly mare named Fugly Girl. A stirring and deeply felt novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e is Mary Gaitskill’s most poignant and powerful work yet—a stunning exploration of a girl and her horse, and of the way we connect with people from all walks of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024069837040,"sku":"9780307743602","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307743602_p0.jpg?v=1769887844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307743602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}