{"product_id":"marthas-daughter-of-the-diaspora","title":"Martha's Daughter: (Of the Diaspora)","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMartha’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the brilliant and influential author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Haynes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s first short story collection and the first time that Haynes’s stories have ever been assembled in one volume. Steeped in everyday gossip and lives, this collection ranges from the magically real life of a city’s crumbling superhero to a rundown motel whose long-term guests are lucky to call home. In the titular novella the first hours are chronicled after Cynthia finds out her mother has died. What we learn is that Cynthia is a woman who has been bullied by her mother’s overbearing opinions, her disdain for difference, her respectability politics, and her outdated beliefs about how men and women should relate to one another. Martha’s death is less a catalyst for Cynthia’s grief than an opportunity to free herself of a burden too long endured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixth in McSweeney’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOf the Diaspora\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMartha’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is another record in David’s oeuvre, of the people and places he’s been recording since the beginning of his career, some thirty years ago. With its full-circle connection to Haynes’s previous novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMartha’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is guaranteed to enthrall longtime fans and new readers alike. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Of the Diaspora","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318714110237,"sku":"9781963270273","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781963270273.jpg?v=1757015811","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/marthas-daughter-of-the-diaspora","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}