{"product_id":"9781466886117","title":"The Rose Thieves: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rose Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e gives us the Vanderwald family: flamboyant, hot-tempered Lila, who feels trapped living in a small New England town; her sentimental, eternally optimistic husband, a failed futures-market investor; and their children. An affectionate daughter steals flowers from gardens all over town for her big sister's sixteenth birthday. A tea party for the local minister is turned upside down by a four-year-old's remark. Sheep wander through the kitchen, an enraged mother swan menaces the sisters as their own mother entertains a possible lover, and, after a near-disaster, Lila proclaims \"We faced death; death couldn't face us!\" Amidst the chaos, Kate, the oldest daughter, practices piano because \"Haydn will give \u003cbr\u003eorder to everything, if only you play him right.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wit, natural artistry, and a keen eye for the absurd, Heidi Jon Schmidt effortlessly weaves stories of strange but all-too-real family life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141246533872,"sku":"9781466886117","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466886117_p0.jpg?v=1769892178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466886117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}