{"product_id":"the-upending-of-wendall-forbes-9781988989969","title":"The Upending of Wendall Forbes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWendall and Ruby Forbes, married for more than fifty years, are confronting the vagaries of aging boomers: sleeplessness, loneliness, memory loss, fear that Ruby is showing signs of dementia, considering the pros and cons of ending life, and the failures of their generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blizzard hits and a remarkable, perhaps unbelievable, band of strangers pay the Forbeses a visit. An indigenous Colombian refugee, his wife, an environmental academic and their child; a young man on an accidental journey quest; a teenage activist and her ten-year-old gay half-brother; and the voice of a sleep consultant in Indianapolis--they all take refuge in Wendall and Ruby's home in the isolated town of Twenty-Six Mile House in northern Ontario. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe companionship of strangers, and a chance encounter with a foul-mouthed raven and talking lynx and her cub restore Wendall and Ruby's hope for the future. This is a heartbreaking, funny, wise, and hopeful story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiuliano, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Giuliano is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Undertaking of Billy Buffone\u003c\/i\u003e (Latitude 46, 2021), was awarded the 2022 Bressani Prize for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eIt's Good to Be Here: Stories We Tell About Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir about the power of story to heal. \u003ci\u003ePostcards from the Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, was a Canadian bestseller. He has also published two illustrated children's books. David lives on the north shore of Lake Superior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Latitude 46","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615458427154,"sku":"9781988989969","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60b2b409-a4cf-4df4-b6cc-55cb7ebef686.jpg?v=1758096813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-upending-of-wendall-forbes-9781988989969","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}