{"product_id":"unexpected-child","title":"Unexpected Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eFate really has it in for Meg Krantz. A single 37-year-old lesbian, she relishes her independent life in New York City, and motherhood is the last thing on her mind. But when as a volunteer for an AIDS service provider she meets the soon-to-be-orphaned 4 1\/2-year-old Kimble Toffler, her growing attachment to the child seems to be leading her in an unexpected direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel about being delivered-freed-from our expectations. In prose that is confident and spare, often wry, and never sentimental, Patricia Grossman shows us how one woman comes to terms with her impulse to protect those she loves.\"-Michael Downing, author of Breakfast with Scot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Grossman is the author of Inventions in a Grieving House and Four Figures in Time and the award-winning children's books, The Night Ones and Saturday Market. She makes her home in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e FICTION_LGBTQ+_GAY, NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alyson Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781555835446\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alyson Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £32.37","offer_id":47901413376177,"sku":"SB-1555835449-C3","price":32.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1555835449.jpg?v=1788843949","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/unexpected-child","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}