{"product_id":"9780062408969","title":"Father's Day: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Van Booy's great triumph comes in using a family secret to underscore the message that family is as much a choice as a blood tie. Although any reader will find something to love here, someone who has benefited from a perfectly imperfect family will wear the widest smile. This little book with a big heart is suitable not just for Father's Day, but for any day.\" - \u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met-a disabled felon, haunted by a violent past he can't escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between past and present, \u003cem\u003eFather's Day\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood on Long Island and her life as a young woman in Paris. Written in raw, spare prose that personifies the characters, this novel is the journey of two people searching for a future in the ruin of their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFather's Day\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the quiet, sublime power of compassion, and the beauty of simple, everyday things-a breakthrough work from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556499509489,"sku":"9780062408969","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780062408969_p0.jpg?v=1765943741","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062408969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}