{"product_id":"other-peoples-pets-9781250304162","title":"Other Peoples Pets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e2021 Colorado Book Awards Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR.L. Maizes''s \u003ci\u003eOther People's Pets\u003c\/i\u003e examines the gap between the families we're born into and those we create, and the danger that holding on to a troubled past may rob us of the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa La Fine relates to animals better than she does to other people. Abandoned by a mother who never wanted a family, raised by a locksmith-turned-thief father, La La looks to pets when it feels like the rest of the world conspires against her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa La's world stops being whole when her mother, who never wanted a child, abandons her twice. First, when La La falls through thin ice on a skating trip, and again when the accusations of unfit mother feel too close to true. Left alone with her fathera locksmith by trade, and a thief in realityLa La is denied a regular life. She becomes her father's accomplice, calming the watchdog while he strips families of their most precious belongings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her father's luck runs out and h\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528939479383,"sku":"9781250304162","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250304162.jpg?v=1731873630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/other-peoples-pets-9781250304162","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}