{"product_id":"things-they-lost-9781982102579b","title":"Things They Lost","description":"Ayosa is a wandering spirit—joyous, exuberant, filled to the brim with longing. Her only companions in her grandmother’s crumbling house are as lonely as Ayosa herself: the ghostly Fatumas, whose eyes are the size of bay windows, who teach her to dance and wail at the death news; the Jolly-Annas, cruel birds who cover their solitude with spiteful laughter; the milkman, who never greets Ayosa and whose milk tastes of mud; and Sindano, the kind owner of a café no one ever visits. Unexpectedly, miraculously, one day Ayosa finds a friend. Yet she is always fixed on her beautiful mama, Nabumbo Promise: a mysterious and aloof photographer, she comes and goes as she pleases, with no apology or warning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSet at the intersection of the spirit world and the human one, \u003ci\u003eThings They Lost\u003c\/i\u003e sets out a rich and magical vision of “girlhood as a time of complexity, laced with unparalleled creativity and expansion” (Vogue). Heartbreaking, elegant, and written in “giddily exuberant prose” (Financial Times), it’s a story about connection, coming-of-age, and the dizzying dualities of love at its most intoxicating and all-encompassing.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869262385232,"sku":"9781982102579B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781982102579-l.jpg?v=1785896241","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/things-they-lost-9781982102579b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}