{"product_id":"book-1ltg","title":"Baby in a Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrescient and idiosyncratic stories about the cost and joys of caretaking from a \"sharp-witted, ravishing\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e) writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stunning stories, steeped in dark humor, startle and dismay, and introduce us to a cast of eccentric and wholly believable characters. Unexpected encounters confine and define the lives of strangers, while parents and partners navigate blended families and modern love: An older woman tells her waitress that she once left a newborn on church steps. A motel housekeeper makes a radical proposal to a guest. A teenager grapples with atheism and grief and eBay. A mother's world is disrupted and recharged after a neighborhood man gives her young daughter a telescope. Strange, heartfelt, sly, and wryly funny, Sarah Braunstein's stories ask us to confront the ways we try to make sense of our lives―and what happens when we escape from these preconceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":66870845538608,"sku":"BD1ltg","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1ltg-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780081900","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1ltg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}