{"product_id":"what-remains-9781487000394","title":"What Remains","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA funny, poignant, and at times heartbreaking memoir about one mother and her love of beautiful \u003ci\u003eobjets \u003c\/i\u003e and how it ultimately proved destructive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing left with a strand of even the highest quality milky-white pearls isn't quite the same thing as pearls of wisdom to live by, as Karen von Hahn reveals in her memoir about her stylish and captivating mother, Susan  a mercurial, grandiose, Guerlain-and-vodka-soaked narcissist whose search for glamour and fulfillment through the acquisition and collection of beautiful things ultimately proved hollow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of growing up in 1970s and 1980s Toronto in the fabulousness of a bourgeois Jew-\u003ci\u003eish\u003c\/i\u003e family that valued panache over pragmatism and making a design statement over substance, von Hahn's recollections of her dramatic and domineering mother are exemplified by the objects she held most dear: from a strand of prized pearls, to a Venetian mirror worthy of the palace of Versailles, to the silver sat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating look at the writer’s life and upbringing. * Words of Mystery *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530999439703,"sku":"9781487000394","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487000394.jpg?v=1731881298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-remains-9781487000394","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}