{"product_id":"keeper-and-kid-a-novel-9780312375249","title":"Keeper and Kid: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeeper and Kid is a marvel. I dare you. Open this book and try to put it down. ---Ann Hood  author of The Knitting Room Eight years ago  James Keeper fell in love with his upstairs neighbor in Boston  a sassy pastry chef with gray eyes and a fierce attitude. They got married  found a dog  and shopped for cilantro. But conflicting schedules and a real estate deal gone bad took its toll on the twenty-somethings in love. One divorce later  the hand-me-down chairs were separated  the potato masher custody settled  and Keeper moved to Providence to work with his best friend selling antiques at a quirky shop called Love and Death. A new job  a new love  and a new life now in place  Keeper is in a comfortable situation. Business is steady  Leah (the new love) is intriguing and passionate  and Keepers friends always turn up for Sunday evening Card Night. But one phone call from his former mother-in-law changes everything. And so days later  Keeper comes away with a son he never knew he had  and life all of a sudden takes on a new meaning. Leo  the precocious three-year-old who sports Keepers square chin  is more than a handful---he eats only round foods  refuses to bathe  thinks hes a bear  and refers to Leah as that man. For a guy who never thought hed be a parent  Keeper is thrown headfirst into fatherhood---and has no idea what to do. As Keeper and Leo adjust to the shock of each other and their suddenly very different lives  Keeper begins to let the people in his life in  in turns strange and heartwarming  funny and painful. But some  like Leah  arent so eager for change. In this humorous and poignant novel  Edward Hardy explores the depths of modern love  parenthood  and compromise. Keeper and Kid is the story of how a normal guy receives an unexpected gift and in turn must learn to ask more of others and himself. A coming-of-age story for the guy who thought he had already grown up  Keeper and Kid is a sharp and witty account of what we do for love.  Advance Praise for Keeper and Kid A fine  fetching novel with a good heart. Keeper is nimble and affecting  a tribute to the authors endless comic inventiveness.---Stewart ONan  author of The Good Wife At once immensely engaging and about the things that matter most: how we love  how we move on  how the past moves with us. Lovely  wise  and surprising.---Elizabeth Graver  author of The Honey Thief Ed Hardys voice in Keeper and Kid grabs you and wont let you go until the very last page. Full of local color  bittersweet characters  and a story we can all relate to---the day your past arrives on the doorstep of your present life.---Ann Hood  author of The Knitting Room\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932851175477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312375247","price":66.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312375249.jpg?v=1794232404","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/keeper-and-kid-a-novel-9780312375249","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}