{"product_id":"mom-a-celebration-of-mothers-from-storycorps-9780143118800","title":"Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eMom\u003c\/i\u003e] bursts with stories that are unvarnished, sad, funny, wise, and most of all, very real.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Editor's Choice) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Isay brings a satisfying second collection of StoryCorps selections after the bestselling \u003ci\u003eListening Is an Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Readers will encounter an emotional range from heart-wrenching to inspirational in these compelling maternal accounts.\" \u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing StoryCorps' most revealing stories on the subject, \u003ci\u003eMom\u003c\/i\u003e looks across a diversity of experience to offer an entirely original portrait of motherhood. In conversations between parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings and friends, the life of the American mother unfolds. In these stories of profound joy and sadness, courage and despair, struggle and triumphs, we learn new truths about that most primal and sacred of bonds-the relationship between mother and child. With this vital contribution to the American storybook, StoryCorps has created a tribute to mothers that honors the meaning of family and the expansiveness of the human heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDave Isay's latest book, \u003ci\u003eCallings\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2016 from Penguin Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Isay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143118800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including \u003ci\u003eOur America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlophouse\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003eDave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including \u003ci\u003eOur America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlophouse\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dave Isay \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733877964957,"sku":"9780143118800","price":43.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_182d1458-5f88-4f36-87a5-6c1204ba8a19.jpg?v=1773737443","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mom-a-celebration-of-mothers-from-storycorps-9780143118800","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}