{"product_id":"mother-lode-stories-of-home-life-home-death","title":"Mother Lode: Stories of Home Life \u0026 Home Death","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA teenage boy is dying of cancer, and his mother cannot save him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e But Susan Addison has a strong heart and a gift for words, and the stories she tells her son Charlie sustain them both through his long illness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are stories of home, of Charlie's young life Before Tumour, of family cakes and the rich housekeeping heritage passed down the generations. They provide a comforting context - and the relief of humour - for the emotionally wrenching stories of life After Tumour. For these are also stories of home deaths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In a decade of loss Susan's parents and parents-in-law also die, but natural deaths at the end of fruitful lives are easier to bear. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn writing of Charlie and his grandparents, Susan Addison draws on the rich mother lode of our common human experience of love, loss and grief. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer inspiring stories help us view death as an acceptable part of living, where memories and pain are shared, and laughter is never far away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan Addison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43088079487145,"sku":"","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/mother-lode.webp?v=1685769215","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/mother-lode-stories-of-home-life-home-death","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}