{"product_id":"dad-9781557042569","title":"Dad","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Tremont, a middle-aged man with a family, is summoned to his mother's bedside after she has suffered a heart attack. When he arrives, he finds her shaken but surviving; it is his father, left alone, who is unable to cope, who begins to fail, to slip away from life. Joined by his nineteen-year-old son, John suddenly becomes enmeshed in the frightening, consuming, endless minutiae of caring for a beloved, dying parent. He also finds himself inescapably confronting his own middle age, jammed between his son's feckless impatience to get on with his life and his father's heartbreaking willingness to let go. A story of the love that binds generations, \u003cem\u003eDad\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the universe of possibilities within every individual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWharton, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eA self-described painter who writes, William Wharton is the pen name for the author of two memoirs--\u003cem\u003eHouseboat on the Seine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEver After\u003c\/em\u003e--as well as eight novels--\u003cem\u003eBirdy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDad\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Midnight Clear\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScumbler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePride\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTidings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFranky Furbo\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLast Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e. His works have been acclaimed worldwide and have been translated into over fifteen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806078861586,"sku":"9781557042569","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b3a28ba-4695-41bc-b8b1-bd3181c2d0f7.jpg?v=1765974469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dad-9781557042569","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}