{"product_id":"mamas-still-dead-9798995902003","title":"Mama's Still Dead","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Davidson Keller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rocky Dell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995902003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeller, Anne Davidson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anne Davidson Keller is the author of \"Empty Chairs,\" which was read aloud in 2018 on Wisconsin Public Radio's Chapter-A-Day, a program continuous since 1937.Born and raised in North Carolina, Anne's education and background are in psychology and clinical social work. Her career in psychotherapy fostered an innate fascination with individual character and family relationships, and has deepened her empathy for the wide range of human experience. She has spent her adult life with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Anne Davidson Keller \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001600975005,"sku":"9798995902003","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8a1cb2bf-eb7a-4f34-a684-15f1ccf67e6d.jpg?v=1791981618","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mamas-still-dead-9798995902003","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}