{"product_id":"call-it-madness-paperback","title":"Call It Madness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrett Ann Stanciu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillennial Avah Lavoie's crumbling relationship is the final push she needs to answer her estranged mother's unexpected call: her great-grandfather Opa has died. Driving north to rural Vermont, Avah hopes to untangle the murky history of a family she barely knows. Rumors swirl-- about a long-lost farm, a sawmill accident, and Opa's drinking. As a snowstorm closes in, complications escalate. A neighbor wants to buy Opa's house and flip the lakefront land for profit. Trina, the neighbor's sharp-tongued housekeeper, offers rides, coffee, and companionship-- but she has her own motives. When Avah tracks down her mother, holed up on a bender at the Blue Lion Motel, she catches a glimpse of the girl her mother once was: motherless, broken, still searching. Avah can't forgive decades of drinking-- but empathy stirs.Call It Madness unfolds in the immensity of a frozen Vermont winter, where buried truths rise and endings refuse to follow the script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrett Ann Stanciu is the author of UNSTITCHED: MY JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND OPIOID ADDICTION AND HOW COMMUNITIES CAN HEAL (Steerforth Press, 2021) and HIDDEN VIEW (Green Writers Press, 2015). Recipient of a 2020 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant and a 2024 Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center for the Arts, Stanciu lives in Hardwick, Vermont, in a century-old house built for granite workers and surrounded by lilacs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.98 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53751253369139,"sku":"9781646037148","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BHW1csb8Jm9781646037148.webp?v=1785280533","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/call-it-madness-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}