{"product_id":"the-friend-national-book-award-winner-a-novel","title":"The Friend (National Book Award Winner): A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION  ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMESS 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY  NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS  A beautiful book . . . a world of insight into death  grief  art  and love. Wall Street Journal  A penetrating  moving meditation on loss  comfort  memory . . . Nunez has a wry  withering wit. NPR  Dry  allusive and charming . . . the comedy here writes itself. The New York Times  The New York Times bestselling story of love  friendship  grief  healing  and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.  When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor  she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog  a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master  and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.  While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking  the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world  increasingly obsessed with the dogs care  determined to read its mind and fathom its heart  she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound  rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.  Elegiac and searching  The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945308647477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0735219443","price":26.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780735219441.jpg?v=1769882398","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-friend-national-book-award-winner-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}