{"product_id":"b07crj4zyn","title":"How to Forget: A Memoir of a Daughter's Journey of Loss and Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a masterfully crafted memoir, an elegant tour de\u003cbr\u003e\nforce that firmly establishes Mulgrew as a writer of significant literary\u003cbr\u003e\nendowment. The soulmate to Frank McCourt’s  Angela’s Ashes ,  How to Forget , despite the promise of its title, cannot be\u003cbr\u003e\nforgotten or ignored.” —Augusten Burroughs, author of  Running with Scissors  and  Toil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u0026amp; Trouble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of  Orange Is the New Black  and bestselling author of  Born with Teeth  takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter’s love for her parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey say you can’t go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer’s, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe months Kate spends with her parents in Dubuque—by turns turbulent, tragic, and joyful—lead her to reflect on each of their lives and how they shaped her own. Those ruminations are transformed when, in the wake of their deaths, Kate uncovers long-kept secrets that challenge her understanding of the unconventional Irish Catholic household in which she was raised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBreathtaking and powerful, laced with the author’s irreverent wit,  How to Forget  is a considered portrait of a mother and a father, an emotionally powerful memoir that demonstrates how love fuses children and parents, and an honest examination of family, memory, and indelible loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52837469749464,"sku":"YSL67245","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81CkTyRVyDL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793281900","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b07crj4zyn","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}