{"product_id":"wandering-home","title":"Wandering Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIvy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ve spent most of my life being the strong one. The dependable one. The one who works harder, carries more, and never asks for help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverything I do is for my daughter and the life I’m determined to build for us. It may not be perfect, but it’s safe. Stable. Ours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen River moves home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe looks at me like I’m more than the woman holding everything together. Like maybe I deserve someone who stays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd for the first time in years, I wonder if letting someone stay might not break me after all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRiver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaseball was my whole life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when the career ends and the future I thought I had disappeared with it, I find myself back home trying to figure out who I am without the game—and what I still want.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA family. A place to belong. Something real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen I met Ivy and Vivian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey’re messy and stubborn and stronger than anyone should have to be—and somewhere between bedtime stories, T-ball practices, and quiet moments that feel too easy, I realize something I never expected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don’t just want a future anymore. I want \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003etheirs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storylight ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53777956045099,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/5128\/4779\/files\/wanderinghome.jpg?v=1781739357","url":"https:\/\/shop.storylightbooks.com\/products\/wandering-home","provider":"Storylight ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}