{ "item_title" : "She Called Me Home", "item_author" : [" Novaa Prithiv "], "item_description" : "SHE CALLED ME HOMEA Novel About Love, Sacrifice, and the Things We Leave UnsaidBy Novaa PrithivWe grow up believing we know our mothers. We know the sound of their voices, the meals they make, the questions they ask when we come home, and the little things they do without expecting anything in return. We get used to their presence and assume there will always be another phone call, another visit, another chance to sit together and talk about the things that never seem urgent enough to discuss. We rarely stop to wonder how much of their own lives they have kept to themselves, or how many things they have carried quietly because they did not want us to worry.When her mother asks her to come home, a daughter living in Cleveland knows something is wrong. Her mother's health has been getting worse, and the distance between them suddenly feels different from the distance she has grown accustomed to living with. She returns to the house where she grew up, to the familiar rooms and the kitchen table where so much of their life together unfolded. At first, everything seems much the same. Her mother still worries about ordinary things, still notices what needs doing, and still finds ways to take care of her daughter, even when she is the one who needs care.But being home again brings back memories the daughter has spent years looking at from only one side. She begins to see her mother not just as the woman who raised her, but as someone who had dreams before motherhood became the center of her life. There were things she wanted, choices she never made, and disappointments she learned to live with without explaining them to anyone. She had been tired, frightened, and uncertain at times, even while doing everything she could to make her daughter's life better. The daughter begins to understand that the woman she thought she knew had a whole life inside her that she had never really asked about.Understanding each other, however, is not as simple as coming home. The years between them have left their mark, and there are hurts that cannot be dismissed simply because time is running short. They must face the things they misunderstood, the words they wish they had said differently, and the moments when love was present but neither knew how to express it. Some conversations bring them closer, while others reveal just how much they have kept from each other. What matters is not that they find perfect answers, but that they finally begin to see each other more honestly.She Called Me Home is a moving novel about the bond between a mother and her daughter, the sacrifices families rarely talk about, and the regrets that surface when ordinary days begin to feel precious. It is about learning that our parents were people long before they became our parents, and that their love, however enduring, does not make them immune to loneliness, disappointment, or the desire to be understood.Sometimes, love is not expressed through grand speeches or dramatic promises. It is found in a familiar voice asking whether you have eaten, in a meal prepared without being asked, or in the quiet comfort of knowing someone has been thinking about you all day. We may not understand the full meaning of these things while they are part of our everyday lives, but we carry them long after the moments themselves are gone.And sometimes, the words we once answered without thinking become the words we would give anything to hear one more time.Did you eat?", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/265/9798162657880_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "10.99", "online_price" : "10.99", "our_price" : "10.99", "club_price" : "10.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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