{"product_id":"9781554885657","title":"Love Object","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s no secret that Sylvia is a little crazy. People have thought so ever since she first came to town when she was a teenager. But outside her own family, no one knows the depth of her mental illness. For her daughter, Mercy, Sylvia’s illness is at once a source of agony and fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy’s mother is absent from her life on several occasions. First, she is taken away to a mental hospital for treatment. Later, on a summer night in the early 1980s, Sylvia disappears entirely, never to be seen again. Her absence is pivotal in Mercy’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopulated by an array of compelling characters  the mad mother, the lovelorn father, the crossdressing younger brother, the quirky grandmother  Love Object is a gripping account of the coming-of-age of a teenage girl in rural Ontario in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166333616368,"sku":"9781554885657","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554885657_p0.jpg?v=1763785442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554885657","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}