{"product_id":"finding-mrs-ford-9781642933598","title":"Finding Mrs. Ford","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the five must-read summer mysteries for 2019 by forbes.com \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named one of the top ten summer reads of 2019 by Good Morning America \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named one of the top fifty summer books of 2019 by Book Riot \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a sunny summer morning by the sea in New England, Susan Ford's cocoon of privilege is threatened when an Iraqi man from her distant past boards a plane in Baghdad to come find her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMrs. Ford leads a privileged life. From her Blenheim spaniels to her cottage on the coast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she carefully curates her world. Hair in place, house in place, life in place, Susan Ford keeps it under control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early one morning in the summer of 2014, the past pays a call to collect. The FBI arrives to question her about a man from Iraq--a Chaldean Christian from Mosul--where ISIS has just seized control. Sammy Fakhouri, they say, is his name and they have taken him into custody, picked up on his way to her house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Back in the summer of 1979, on the outskirts of a declining Detroit, college coed Susan meets charismatic and reckless Annie. They are an unlikely pair of friends but they each see something in the other--something they'd like to possess. Studious Susan is a moth to the flame that is Annie. Yet, it is dazzling Annie who senses that Susan will be the one who makes it out of Detroit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, the girls navigate the minefields of a down-market disco where they work their summer jobs. It's a world filled with pretty girls and powerful men, some of whom--like Sammy Fakhouri--happen to be Iraqi Chaldeans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happened in that summer of 1979 when Susan and Annie met? Why is Sammy looking for Susan all these years later? And why is Mrs. Ford lying?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Goodrich Royce\u003c\/b\u003e's thrillers examine puzzles of identity. \u003ci\u003eReef Road \u003c\/i\u003ehit \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Bestseller list, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 15 list, and was an Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association for January 2023. \u003ci\u003eRuby Falls \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist in 2021 and \u003ci\u003eFinding Mrs. Ford\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e's \"best of\" lists in 2019. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She began as an actress on \u003ci\u003eAll My \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren\u003c\/i\u003e and in multiple films, before transitioning to the role of story editor at Miramax Films, developing \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e and early versions of \u003ci\u003eChicago \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Wrinkle in Time.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Savoy Bookstore, and numerous Main Street revitalization projects in Rhode Island and the Catskills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She serves on the governing and advisory boards of the American Film Institute, Greenwich International Film Festival, New York Botanical Garden, Greenwich Historical Society, and the PRASAD Project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deborah holds a bachelor's degree in modern foreign languages and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Lake Erie College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Post Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642056020242,"sku":"9781642933598","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc43e67c-06d7-4350-be7e-417eaa32f1e3.jpg?v=1733054712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-mrs-ford-9781642933598","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}