{"product_id":"the-blackwater-lightship-9780743203319","title":"The Blackwater Lightship","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Master \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm T?ib?n weaves together the lives of three generations of estranged women as they reunite to witness and mourn the death of a brother, a son, and a grandson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora, have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.​ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwater Lightship\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply resonant story about three generations of an estranged family reuniting to mourn an untimely death. In spare, luminous prose, Colm T?ib?n explores the nature of love and the complex emotions inside a family at war with itself. Hailed as \"a genuine work of art\" \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune), \u003c\/i\u003e this is a novel about the capacity of stories to heal the deepest wounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Nora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022-2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620687450386,"sku":"9780743203319","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7dba037f-2c8c-47fe-b0ba-bf93d21476fd.jpg?v=1732571488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blackwater-lightship-9780743203319","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}