{"product_id":"the-art-of-fielding-a-novel-9780316126694","title":"The Art of Fielding: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love  life  and baseball. Wonderful ... a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting. The New York Times At Westish College  a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan  baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course  the fates of five people are upended. Henrys fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight  a longtime bachelor  has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne  Henrys gay roommate and teammate  becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz  the Harpooners team captain and Henrys best friend  realizes he has guided Henrys career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight  Guerts daughter  returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage  determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game  these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes  anxieties  and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds  and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth  The Art of Fielding is an expansive  warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits  about family and friendship and love  and about commitmentto oneself and to others. First novels this complete and consuming come along very  very seldom. Jonathan Franzen  New York Times bestselling author of Crossroads Named one of 2012s best books by The New York Times  NPR  The New Yorker  The Los Angeles Times  The Washington Post  The Wall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor  Bloomberg  The Kansas City Star  The Richmond Times-Dispatch  and Time Out New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960539602997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316126691","price":21.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780316126694.jpg?v=1788290294","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-fielding-a-novel-9780316126694","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}