{"product_id":"9781439193969","title":"Ordinary Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauded by critics and authors for her heartbreakingly real heroines, Laura Wiess brings readers another devastating tale of betrayal and redemption rich with the raw emotion that made \u003ci\u003eSuch a Pretty Girl \u003c\/i\u003ea classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can you make someone love you when they won’t?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what if that person happens to be your mother?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSayre Bellavia grew up knowing she was a mistake: unplanned and unwanted. At five months shy of eighteen, she’s become an expert in loneliness, heartache, and neglect. Her whole life she’s been cursed, used, and left behind. Swallowed a thousand tears and ignored a thousand deliberate cruelties. Sayre’s stuck by her mother through hell, tried to help her, be near her, be \u003ci\u003eimportant \u003c\/i\u003eto her even as her mother slipped away into a violent haze of addiction, destroying the only chance Sayre ever had for a real family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow her mother is lying in a hospital bed, near death, ravaged by her own destructive behavior. And as Sayre fights her way to her mother’s bedside, she is terrified but determined to get the answer to a question no one should ever have to ask: \u003ci\u003eDid my mother ever really love me?\u003c\/i\u003e And what will Sayre do if the answer is yes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MTV Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026261328112,"sku":"9781439193969","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439193969_p0.jpg?v=1763757678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439193969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}