{"product_id":"9781771024730","title":"Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother","description":"\u003ci\u003e2013 Governor General’s Literary Award — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e2013 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProjection\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of this mother-daughter meeting in Brazil, of how two strangers, connected by little more than blood, spent ten days together trying to build a relationship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1977, Priscila Uppal’s father drank contaminated water in Antigua and within 48 hours was a quadriplegic. Priscila was two years old. Five years later, her mother, Theresa, drained the family’s bank accounts and disappeared to Brazil. After two attempts to abduct her children, Theresa had no further contact with the family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 2002, Priscila happened on her mother’s website, which featured a childhood photograph of Priscila and her brother. A few weeks later, Priscila summoned the nerve to contact the woman who’d abandoned her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The emotional reunion was alternately shocking, hopeful, humorous, and devastating, as Priscila came to realize that not only did she not love her mother, she didn’t even like her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eProjection\u003c\/i\u003e is a visceral, precisely written, brutally honest memoir that takes a probing look at a very unusual mother-daughter relationship, yet offers genuine comfort to all facing their own turbulent and unresolved familial relationships.","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300977131760,"sku":"9781771024730","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771024730_p0.jpg?v=1763707138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771024730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}