{"product_id":"mamas-still-dead-paperback","title":"Mama's Still Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Davidson Keller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★★★★★ Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review: \"Mama may be dead, yet her presence gives the household a mischievous form of continuity, where love still speaks loudly enough to rearrange the living. \u003cstrong\u003eReaders who enjoy paranormal fiction rooted in family will love this.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome women call their mothers in a crisis. Lily Corcoran calls hers from the dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years old, separated, drowning in an unfinished neuroscience PhD, and raising a freaked-out ten-year-old whose father treats their custody schedule like a loose suggestion-Lily's life is in spectacular collapse. Her survival strategy: Overwork, Snickers, and boxed cabernet that isn't going to drink itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mama materializes, Lily's first thought isn't miracle. It's brain tumor. But Mama is absolutely, inconveniently real. Lily introduces her as long-lost Cousin Trish and wildly hopes for the best. Mama folds laundry. She bakes lasagna. She has opinions. And shoulder pads. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartbreak and hilarity ensue: a ghost mother with catastrophic romantic strategies from 1989, a daughter white-knuckling her way through separation, a dissertation committee member who should be reported to HR, and a little girl who takes to her dead grandmother like a magnet to a fridge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the chaos is a daughter who lost her mother too young and has never stopped needing her. And a secret about Mama's death that nobody's been brave enough to tell her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama's Still Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a witty, fierce, and unexpectedly moving novel about the mothers we lose, the messes we make, and the stubborn, glorious work of becoming the woman we want to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67882782392627,"sku":"9798995902003","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ebK6qSRVK89798995902003.webp?v=1793653614","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mamas-still-dead-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}