{"product_id":"9781555973223","title":"Loverboy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens if a mother loves her child too much?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSybil and Marty, indifferent to their daughter in life, left her a small fortune and the cryptic advice, \"It would do well to find a passion.\" In Victoria Redel's utterly mesmerizing new novel, we listen to the voice of this daughter as she willfully sets out to become a mother-- who is nothing if not passionate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has named her son Paul, but calls him \"Birdie,\" \"Cookie,\" \"Puppy,\" \"Loverboy,\" as she creates a wonderful, magical world for two, a world filled with books, music, endless games, and bottomless devotion. \u003ci\u003e\"Has ever a mother loved a child more?\"\u003c\/i\u003e she wonders as they play spy on the strangers from behind their heavy, lace curtains. But as life outside begins to beckon to the boy, the mother's efforts to keep their small world confined become increasingly frantic and ultimately tragic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this exquisite debut novel, Victoria Redel takes us deep into the mind of a very singular mother, and yet through her we see the dangerously whisper-thin line between selfless and selfish motivation that exists in all devotion. After all, \u003ci\u003e\"Who has ever wanted to share a love?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055910338800,"sku":"9781555973223","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555973223_p0.jpg?v=1763753540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555973223","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}