{"product_id":"9780990808800","title":"The Humpty Dumptys","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive daughters learn to cope with daily beatings, berating, and starvation at the hands of their mentally ill mother, but they carry deep scares into adulthood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their mother is discovered bludgeoned to death they are the only suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEva, the oldest, is the nurturer who lives in close proximity to her mother and is well past trying to act as if everything is normal. Hedy is a powerful advertising executive who has run from her past by working eighty hour weeks and hiding the fact she lives with a woman. Lily copes by ignoring everything-her childhood, her marriage, and her happiness. Sophie waits and lives in a world of denial while taking care of her brain damaged twin sister, Patty, who was robbed of her genius level intelligence when her mother hit her in the head with a nine iron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Humpty Dumptys\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting piece of fiction that examines the realities of what happens when you break children through abuse and how only some can ultimately find happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L'Oeuf Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49898525294832,"sku":"9780990808800","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990808800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}