{"product_id":"the-narrow-land","title":"The Narrow Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant portrait... With a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity  Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather  it constantly surrounds us  suspends us  haunts us.\" Colum McCann 1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael  a ten-year-old boy  is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices  the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged. She  volatile  passionate and often irrational  suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He  withdrawn and unwell  depressed by his inability to work  becomes besotted by Richies frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael. A novel of loneliness and regret  the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983592484917,"sku":"ByrdShop_1786496712","price":91.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781786496713.jpg?v=1770800606","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-narrow-land","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}