{"product_id":"9780063027770","title":"Little Matches : A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gripping and true in all ways. This fine, affecting memoir will stay with me for a very long time.\"—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this vividly written memoir novelist O'Hara shares a painful but ultimately beautiful account of her daughter Caitlin's life with cystic fibrosis. . . . Her compelling story will resonate with anyone seeking a light in the darkest depths of grief.\"—Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of The Year of Magical Thinking and Beautiful Boy, an emotionally raw and inspiring memoir that illuminates a mother's grief over the loss of her adult child and considers the hope of soulful connections that transcend the boundary of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O'Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sudden spiral of events left Maryanne in an existential crisis, searching to find an answer to the eternal question: Why we are here? During her final years, Caitlin had become a source of wisdom and comfort for her mother—the partner with whom she shared a deep spiritual quest to understand what it meant to have a soul. After Caitlin's passing, Maryanne began to notice signs—poignant, persistent synchronicities that seemed to lean toward proof of Caitlin's enduring presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving together a series of interconnected meditations with illuminating glimpses of life rendered via text messages, e-mails, and journal entries, Little Matches is a profound reflection on life and death, motherhood, the pain of chronic uncertainty, and finding inspiration in the unexpected sparks that light our way through the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52257873592631,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":97.46,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780063027770-1.jpg?v=1783094533","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/zh\/products\/9780063027770","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}