{"product_id":"after-visiting-friends-a-sons-story-9781451676617","title":"After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story","description":"This haunting story of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death is \"searing and unforgettable...memoir writing at its best\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e)--a \"powerfully affecting\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are the same thing.\" So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son's search to discover the decades-old truth about his father's mysterious death. Hainey was a boy of six when his father, a bright and shining star in the glamorous, hard-living world of 1960s Chicago newspapers, died under mysterious circumstances. His tragic absence left behind not only a young widow and two small sons but questions about family and truth that would obsess Michael for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Michael undertakes a risky journey to uncover the true story about what happened to his father. Prodding reluctant relatives and working through a network of his father's old colleagues, Michael begins to reconcile the father he lost with the one he comes to know. At the heart of his quest is his mother, a woman of courage and tenacity--and a steely determination to press on with her life. A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, \u003ci\u003eAfter Visiting Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of a son who goes searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHainey, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Hainey is the deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eGQ. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was born in Chicago and now lives in Manhattan.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337410875666,"sku":"9781451676617","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_783ee6c9-7e71-4a4e-a00a-13151785ca88.jpg?v=1727962248","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-visiting-friends-a-sons-story-9781451676617","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}