{"product_id":"delicious-foods-a-novel-9780316284943","title":"Delicious Foods: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeld captive by her employers -- and by her own demons -- on a mysterious farm  a widow struggles to reunite with her young son in this uniquely American story of freedom  perseverance  and survival.  Darlene  once an exemplary wife and a loving mother to her young son  Eddie  finds herself devastated by the unforeseen death of her husband. Unable to cope with her grief  she turns to drugs  and quickly forms an addiction. One day she disappears without a trace.  Unbeknownst to eleven-year-old Eddie  now left behind in a panic-stricken search for her  Darlene has been lured away with false promises of a good job and a rosy life. A shady company named Delicious Foods shuttles her to a remote farm  where she is held captive  performing hard labor in the fields to pay off the supposed debt for her food  lodging  and the constant stream of drugs the farm provides to her and the other unfortunates imprisoned there.  In Delicious Foods  James Hannaham tells the gripping story of three unforgettable characters: a mother  her son  and the drug that threatens to destroy them. Through Darlenes haunted struggle to reunite with Eddie  through the efforts of both to triumph over those who would enslave them  and through the irreverent and mischievous voice of the drug that narrates Darlenes travails  Hannahams daring and shape-shifting prose infuses this harrowing experience with grace and humor.  The desperate circumstances that test the unshakeable bond between this mother and son unfold into myth  and Hannahams treatment of their ordeal spills over with compassion. Along the way we experience a tale at once contemporary and historical that wrestles with timeless questions of love and freedom  forgiveness and redemption  tenacity and the will to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951482200117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316284947","price":65.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780316284943.jpg?v=1788109337","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/delicious-foods-a-novel-9780316284943","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}