{"id":6596,"date":"2021-12-17T09:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6596"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:56:12","slug":"the-city-mother","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/product\/the-city-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"The City Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chrismpress.com\/authors\/mayasinha\">by Maya Sinha<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/the-city-mother\/\">READ a Sample<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresh out of college, small-town crime reporter Cara Nielsen sees disturbing things that suggest, for the first time in her life, that evil is real. But as the daughter of two secular academics, she pushes that notion aside. When her smart, ambitious boyfriend asks her to marry him and move to a faraway city, it\u2019s a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later, confined to a city apartment with a toddler, Cara fears she is\u00a0losing her mind. Sleeplessness, isolation, and postpartum hormones have altered her view of reality. Something is wrong in the lost, lonely world into which she\u2019s brought a child. Visions hint at mysteries she can\u2019t explain, and evil seems not only real\u2014it\u2019s creeping ever closer.<\/p>\n<p>As<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>her marriage falters and friends disappear, Cara seeks guidance from books, films, therapy, even the saints<strong>,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>when she\u2019s not scrubbing the diaper pail. Meanwhile, someone is crying out for help that only she can give. Cara must confront big questions about reality and illusion, health and illness, good and evil\u2014and just how far she is willing to go to\u00a0protect those she loves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Endorsements:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith <em>The City Mother<\/em>, Maya Sinha adds an electric new entry to the distinguished ledger of Catholic fiction. Hip and stylish, yet pulsing with mystic energy, her tale of a precarious young family illuminates the unseen operations of grace and evil in a secular age. Sinha\u2019s hypnotic storytelling marks a thrilling literary debut.\u201d \u2014Mary Eberstadt, author of <em>Primal Screams<\/em> and <em>Adam and Eve After the Pill<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"NormalNoIndent\">\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this novel a long time\u2014a subtle, compelling mystery that brings to life the surreal world of postpartum motherhood and reveals its link to the numinous. 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