{"product_id":"riders-9780684822778","title":"Riders","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"intelligent...artfully rendered\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of marriage and the rich relationship that can exist between father and daughter, \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeously wrought novel from the award-winning author Tim Winton.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter traveling through Europe for two years, Scully and his wife Jennifer wind up in Ireland, and on a mystical whim of Jennifer's, buy an old farmhouse which stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges--alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully's life falls to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly written and a darkly haunting story of a lovesick man in a vain search for a vanished woman. It is a powerfully accurate account of marriage today, of the demons that trouble relationships, of resurrection found in the will to keep going, in the refusal to hold on, to stand still. \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e is also a moving story about the relationship between a loving man and his tough, bright daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinton, Tim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tim Winton grew up on the coast of Western Australia, where he continues to live. He is the author of eighteen books. His epic novel \u003ci\u003eCloudstreet\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for the theater and has been performed around the world. His two most recent novels, \u003ci\u003eDirt Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e, were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times, and in 1998 the Australian National Trust declared Winton a national living treasure. \u003ci\u003eThe Turning\u003c\/i\u003e has already won the 2005 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412798935314,"sku":"9780684822778","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c36fef1d-8c71-4a0b-9d51-d7dd6215bebb.jpg?v=1729328855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riders-9780684822778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}