{"product_id":"strange-is-a-hazard-here-9781972561065","title":"Strange Is A Hazard Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jim Hughes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Precocity Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Precocity Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Parenting - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome mothers don't raise daughters-they remake them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What if this time I die?\"-Jocelyn dreads her birthdays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach odd-numbered year, on the eve of her birthday, she struggles to breathe-as if something inside her is being taken away. Her mother, Idris, insists it's a flaw in Jocelyn herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Idris has a secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA self-taught sorceress obsessed with perfection, she uses magic to remove Jocelyn's \"undesirable\" moods -anger, sadness, defiance-essential parts of her very spirit-and traps them in balloons, determined to raise a flawless child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver time, as Jocelyn's essential spirits are removed-those qualities that make her who she really is-she becomes a pale shadow of her true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside a house ruled by rigid expectations, strange rules, and a mother who calls control \"love,\" Jocelyn must navigate fear, isolation, and the growing sense that something is deeply wrong.\u003c\/p\u003eAnd, as Jocelyn approaches her thirteenth birthday, she must decide: \u003cb\u003eWill she surrender to her mother's control-or reclaim the parts of herself that were taken?\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Precocity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892197867671,"sku":"9781972561065","price":1669.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781972561065.webp?v=1781186057","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/strange-is-a-hazard-here-9781972561065","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}