{"product_id":"fatherland-hardcover","title":"Fatherland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin and Lora Brier, with three young children, possess all the trappings of a perfect life . . . except Martin is having yet another affair. Without warning, he abandons the family for his mistress and a new house on the other side of town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a prosperous midwestern town in the 1950s, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the effect of convenient lies and discovered truths. While Martin's abandonment throws up new difficulties for bewildered Lora, a housewife, who must now find a way to nurture and provide for herself and children, it unleashes a swirl of emotions in their daughter, Josie, who struggles to come to term with his absence. \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e follows Josie from this fateful event, across many decades and milestones and through the phases of her tenuous, emotionally fraught relationship with Martin--and the way she begins to move beyond their shared past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Victoria Shorr's inimitable clean, spare prose, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, layered novel of a family in the aftermath of deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Victoria Shorr\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMid-Air: Two Novellas\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Victoria Shorr is a conjurer of the highest order, artfully creating apposite tales of family ruin and family success in her wry, insightful, and elegant prose.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Lily Tuck, author of \u003cem\u003eSisters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A minor masterpiece . . . a witty and moving portrait of American life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written, their characters almost too full-bodied for the demanding, disciplined novella form.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101826158815,"sku":"9781324117551","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Gvizz4gyye9781324117551.webp?v=1781075714","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/fatherland-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}