{"product_id":"what-is-left-the-daughter-9780547521824","title":"What Is Left the Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward Norman, widely regarded as one of this country's finest novelists, returns to the mesmerizing fictional terrain of his major books--\u003ci\u003eThe Bird Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Museum Guard\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of L\u003c\/i\u003e--in this erotically charged and morally complex story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involvements with the same compelling neighbor, a Halifax switchboard operator and aspiring actress. The suicides cause Wyatt to move to small-town Middle Economy to live with his uncle, aunt, and ravishing cousin Tilda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSetting in motion the novel's chain of life-altering passions and the wartime perfidy at its core is the arrival of the German student Hans Mohring, carrying only a satchel. Actual historical incidents--including a German U-boat's sinking of the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland ferry \u003ci\u003eCaribou\u003c\/i\u003e, on which Aunt Constance Hillyer might or might not be traveling--lend intense narrative power to Norman's uncannily layered story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWyatt's account of the astonishing--not least to him-- events leading up to his fathering of a beloved daughter spills out twenty-one years later. It's a confession that speaks profoundly of the mysteries of human character in wartime and is directed, with both despair and hope, to an audience of one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn utterly stirring novel. This is Howard Norman at his celebrated best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman, Howard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - HOWARD NORMAN is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His novels \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Lights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Artist\u003c\/i\u003e were both nominated for National Book Awards. He is also author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Museum Guard, The Haunting of L, What Is Left the Daughter, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNext Life Might Be Kinder\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Darling Detective\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between East Calais, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325231403282,"sku":"9780547521824","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62dca155-1c4d-49d8-bc41-53f1ff26d89e.jpg?v=1727683262","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-is-left-the-daughter-9780547521824","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}