{"product_id":"crazy-genie","title":"Crazy Genie","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Inès Cagnati\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: New York Review Books (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarie lives with her mother, Genie, in a ramshackle house by a willow-lined river in rural France. Every morning, Genie walks to the neighboring farms to do what work there is to be done. When farmers and villagers greet her, she says nothing, and keeps walking. Once, she was a lighthearted girl from the best family in the valley; now they all call her “Crazy Genie.” While her mother works, Marie waits, yearning for her mother to notice her, longing for the moment when they will be back in their lonely house by the river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in Marie’s ingenuous, straightforward voice,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrazy Genie \u003c\/i\u003eis the second novel by Inès Cagnati, who grew up in poverty in rural France in the 1940s, the child of Italian immigrant agricultural workers. Rich in observation and detail, and devastating in its portrayal of a child’s unconditional love and of society’s callous prejudices,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrazy Genie\u003c\/i\u003e, together with her first novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Day\u003c\/i\u003e, confirms Cagnati's astonishing power as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174959607907,"sku":"9798896230205","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/crazygenie.jpg?v=1778619714","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/crazy-genie","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}