{"product_id":"crazy-genie","title":"Crazy Genie","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Young Girl Clings Fiercely To The Damaged Love Of Her MotherA Taciturn Farmworker Cast Out By Her Family And Scorned By Her Village After Giving Birth Out Of WedlockIn This Devastating And Lyrically Rendered Novel From A FrenchItalian Maverick.Marie Lives With Her Mother, Genie, In A Ramshackle House By A WillowLined River In Rural France. Every Morning, Genie Walks To The Neighboring Farms To Do What Work There Is To Be Done. When Farmers And Villagers Greet Her, She Says Nothing, And Keeps Walking. Once, She Was A Lighthearted Girl From The Best Family In The Valley; Now They All Call Her Crazy Genie. While Her Mother Works, Marie Waits, Yearning For Her Mother To Notice Her, Longing For The Moment When They Will Be Back In Their Lonely House By The River.Told In MarieS Ingenuous, Straightforward Voice, Crazy Genie Is The Second Novel By Ins Cagnati, Who Grew Up In Poverty In Rural France In The 1940S, The Child Of Italian Immigrant Agricultural Workers. Rich In Observation And Detail, And Devastating In Its Portrayal Of A ChildS Unconditional Love And Of SocietyS Callous Prejudices, Crazy Genie, Together With Her First Novel, Free Day, Confirms CagnatiS Astonishing Power As A Writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957960851701,"sku":"DADAXB0FDK4JV3R","price":32.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81A70R1jp0L.jpg?v=1775560620","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/crazy-genie","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}