{"product_id":"the-hunger-we-pass-down","title":"The Hunger We Pass Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eJordan Peele's \u003ci\u003eUs \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe School For Good Mothers \u003c\/i\u003ein this horror-tinged intergenerational saga, as a single mother's doppelganger forces her to confront the legacy of violence that has shaped every woman in their family. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus, STARRED Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBREAK YOUR MOTHER'S CURSE . . . BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU TOO.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSingle mom Alice Chow is drowning. Between a booming small business, a resentful teenage daughter, a screen-obsessed son, and a secret boyfriend, Alice can never get everything done in a day. It's all she can do to just collapse on the couch with a bottle of wine every night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning, Alice wakes up and everything has been done: the counters are clear, the kids' rooms are tidy, orders are neatly packed and labeled. As the pattern continues, she realizes that someone--or some\u003ci\u003ething\u003c\/i\u003e--has been doing her chores for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice knows she should be uneasy, but she's too tired to care. The extra time lets her connect with her hard-edged mother, who has started to share their family history--a \"curse\" beginning with her great-grandmother, who was imprisoned as a comfort woman in Hong Kong during World War II.\u003cbr\u003eLurking in the corners of Alice's new normal, those family demons are as real as ever . . . and about to become impossible to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the relentless specter of generational trauma as it is handed down from mother to daughter, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger We Pass Down\u003c\/i\u003e asks what it might take to break the cycle: heroism, depravity, or both.","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48942496055470,"sku":"9781645662815","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/4417\/1694\/files\/imageloader_c9600f15-df3b-4735-b8d2-b99b46a0c3da.jpg?v=1787619609","url":"https:\/\/ofmooseandmindbookshop.com\/products\/the-hunger-we-pass-down","provider":"Of Moose and Mind Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}