{"product_id":"like-family-growing-up-in-other-peoples-houses-a-memoir","title":"Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, a Memoir","description":"An astonishing memoir from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s.\n\n\"Demonstrates the true meaning of family.\" —Chicago Tribune\n\nAs wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years.\n\nA book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth and Mary Karr's The Liar's Club. McLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0316400602\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0316400602.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McLain, Paula\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41645368508474,"sku":"DBV.0316400602.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0316400602-0.jpg?v=1789185947","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/like-family-growing-up-in-other-peoples-houses-a-memoir","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}