{"product_id":"the-tennis-partner","title":"The Tennis Partner","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable  illuminating story of how men live and how they survive  from Abraham Verghese  the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water  an Oprahs Book Club Pick. Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting  The Tennis Partner is an elegy to friendship found  and an ode to a good friend lost.The Boston Globe When Abraham Verghese  a physician whose marriage is unraveling  relocates to El Paso  Texas  he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith  a medical student recovering from drug addiction  and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex  more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong  the dark beast from Davids past emerges once againand almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945375199285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060174056","price":28.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060174057.jpg?v=1769886083","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-tennis-partner","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}