{"product_id":"rosie-a-memoir-of-farewell-paperback","title":"Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Sleigh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous and unflinching memoir, acclaimed poet Tom Sleigh excavates the complex legacy of his mother Rosie -- a brilliant English teacher who escaped dirt-poor Kansas through sheer intellectual force, only to struggle with the contradictions of motherhood and her own fierce independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her white dog fur shroud to her final performance as she chose her own death at ninety-seven, Rosie emerges as both tender and terrifying, devoted and distant. Sleigh weaves together her own journal entries, family photographs, and his award-winning poetry to create a portrait that is simultaneously heartbreaking and darkly comic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about words as weapons and balm, about the inheritance of trauma and brilliance, and about a son's attempt to understand a mother who loved literature more than motherhood. With the precision of a surgeon and the heart of a poet, Sleigh has crafted a masterpiece of memoir that reads like a novel -- urgent, honest, and utterly unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosie\u003c\/i\u003e is both elegy and reckoning, a work of devastating beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.51 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48662372221176,"sku":"9781968274054","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/h-YyEfudPJ9781968274054.webp?v=1779990617","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/rosie-a-memoir-of-farewell-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}