{"product_id":"9781504003148","title":"The Swan in the Evening: Fragments of an Inner Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosamond Lehmann’s only autobiographical work recreates the events that shaped her life—from childhood to motherhood to the death of her daughter\u003c\/b\u003e  Rosamond Lehmann was born during a violent February thunderstorm and lived a sheltered, privileged life with her parents, brother, and sisters. Writing from the distance of decades, she reveals why no adult would ever apologize to a child, shares thoughts on her “first conscious memory,” and discusses the taboo subjects of “birth, death, physical and sexual functions.” Later, she recounts the tragedy that rocked her world as a mother. A blackbird with a broken neck appears as a harbinger of doom: A few hours after finding the bird, Lehmann receives a phone call from her son telling her that her twenty-four-year-old daughter, Sally, is dead. Wracked with grief and desperate for answers, Lehmann, a non-believer, finds solace in spiritualism.   Beginning with an examination of Lehmann’s singular childhood featuring cherished friends and pets, and concluding with an extraordinary letter to her granddaughter Anna, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwan in the Evening\u003c\/i\u003e is about the search for peace and acceptance—and finding hope in the face of unbearable loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048082129136,"sku":"9781504003148","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504003148_p0.jpg?v=1763710901","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504003148","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}