{"product_id":"no-god-like-the-mother-9781942436553","title":"No God Like the Mother","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Oregon Book Award for Fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo God Like the Mother \u003c\/i\u003efollows characters in transition, through tribulation and hope. Set around the world--the bustling streets of Lagos, the arid gardens beside the Red Sea, an apartment in Paris, and the rain-washed suburbs of the Pacific Northwest--this collection of nine stories is a masterful exploration of life's uncertainty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNo God Like the Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is the sort of story collection that comes along very rarely--honest, precise, and meticulous in its emotional and physical detail. These globe-spanning stories--so often set at the intersection of nurture and abandonment, of intimacy and great emptying distance--are each a pristine act of storytelling, an immersion. Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher is a brilliant new talent, and \u003ci\u003eNo God Like the Mother\u003c\/i\u003e the beginning of an equally brilliant literary career.\" \u003cp\u003e –Omar El Akkad, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kesha Ajọsẹ Fisher is a talented new writer who debuts with this impressive short story collection that will touch your soul with stories that are both tender and heartbreaking.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e –Heidi W. Durrow, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Fell From the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNo God Like the Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of book my soul craves--these stories are gorgeously rendered, poetic and sure handed, but more than Fisher's abundant talent, there lies on each page the thing that can never be invented or taught, and it is simply this: absolute heart. With a seer's eye, Fisher examines themes of motherhood from angles that feel in equal measure compelling, startling, and downright beautiful.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e –Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forest Avenue Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888826003799,"sku":"9781942436553","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781942436553.jpg?v=1722551316","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/no-god-like-the-mother-9781942436553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}