{"product_id":"the-mare-9780307743602","title":"The Mare","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a family in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something much more significant. Soon Velvet finds herself torn between her host family—Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic; and Paul, a college professor—and her own deeply tormented mother. The one constant becomes Velvet’s newly discovered passion for horse riding—and especially for an abused, unruly mare named Fugly Girl. A stirring and deeply felt novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e is Mary Gaitskill’s most poignant and powerful work yet—a stunning exploration of a girl and her horse, and of the way we connect with people from all walks of life.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62344934687107,"sku":"9780307743602","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780307743602.jpg?v=1786255171","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-mare-9780307743602","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}