{"product_id":"the-summer-my-mother-had-green-eyes-hardcover","title":"The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes - Hardcover","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\u003eTatiana Țîbuleac\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMonica Cure\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of Moldova's most celebrated writers, \u003cem\u003eThe Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a complex coming-of-age story unraveling the fragile, complicated, redemptive relationship between a mother and her son.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksy still remembers the last summer he spent with his mother in Northern France. At eighteen, eager to fly the nest and escape a family still grief-stricken by the death of his sister years earlier, these lazy months in the countryside are akin to torture. And then, his mother tells him she's dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen years later, at the urging of his psychiatrist, Aleksy relives the memory of the summer when everything changed, shaken once again by the emotions that besieged him when they arrived in that small French village. For fans of Claire Keegan and Elena Ferrante, this is a story of reconciliation, of three months in which mother and son finally lay down their weapons to make peace with each other and with themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTatiana Țîbuleac\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning Moldovan-Romanian author of \u003cem\u003eThe Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Garden\u003c\/em\u003e. She was born in Chișinău, Moldova, where she began her career as a journalist, working in print media and as a reporter and news anchor for PRO TV Chișinău, Moldova's leading independent TV station. She also worked in Moldova for UNICEF before leaving for Paris, where she now lives. Her debut as a writer came in 2014 with a collection of short stories, followed by two novels that received multiple awards, including the 2019 European Union Prize for Literature for \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Garden\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonica Cure\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Romanian-American writer, translator, and dialogue specialist, as well as a two-time Fulbright grant award winner. Her poetry and translations have been published in journals internationally, and she's the author of the book \u003cem\u003ePicturing the Postcard: A New Media Crisis at the Turn of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Minnesota Press). Her translation of The Censor's Notebook by Liliana Corobca (Seven Stories Press) was awarded with the 2023 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. She is currently based in Bucharest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431226273894,"sku":"9781646054091","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/y_qfNG_8259781646054091.webp?v=1770245504","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-summer-my-mother-had-green-eyes-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}