{"product_id":"mare-a-novel","title":"Mare: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Story Of A Horse And The Woman Who Loves HerA Lively First Novel Of NotDaughters And NonMothers; Animals And Animal Bodies; And How We Find Freedom, Care, And Community In Unexpected Places.For A Long Time, A Woman Lives With Her Husband And Their Dog. She Teaches An Online Class About ChildrenS Books And Plods Away At A Book Of Her Own. Then The Dog Dies, And A DoctorS Visit Reveals That She IsnT Able To Have Children, Even If She Wanted To.When An Opportunity To Lease A Mare PartTime Comes Her Way, It Seems Like The Ideal Arrangement And The Fulfillment Of A Childhood WishPerhaps Even Something To Fill The Emptiness, Diagnosable And Otherwise, That She Has Begun To Feel. She Has No Problem Sharing; She Shares A Garden With The Children Next Door And Chores With Her Husband. The Horse Will Be Something To Care For, Just Two Days A Week, Without Getting In Too Deep.But As She Takes Up Riding Lessons, Faces Mounting Medical Bills, And Walks And Brushes And Dreams Of The Horse, Her Affection Starts To Become AllConsuming. Time Spent With The Mare Casts A Light On The Rest Of Her Responsibilities And Relationships, Ultimately Forcing Her To Confront What It Means To Love A Being Who Does Not Belong To Her. With Tender Humor And Insight, Emily HaworthBoothS Mare Radiates Life And FeelingAnd Introduces An Irresistible Literary Voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus And Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958908109045,"sku":"DADAX0374617708","price":40.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71A_eoeCL3L.jpg?v=1775580839","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/mare-a-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}