{"product_id":"family-heart-paperback-by-robb-foreman-dew","title":"Family Heart Paperback by Robb Foreman Dew","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBallantine Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1995-05-16)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780345394088\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e214.5\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.59 x 13.97 x 1.27\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\"ASTONISHINGLY MOVING...The Family Heart is a tough and challenging work, for it reminds us that empathy is a humble but radical virtue, if lived.\"\u003cbr\u003e--USA Today\u003cbr\u003e\" I'm gay.' Every day, parents around the world hear those words from their children. Most are utterly unprepared for them. By writing The Family Heart, Robb Forman Dew has done such parents an extraordinary service.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\"TOUCHINGLY WRITTEN.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"At the heart of this memoir lies a true epiphany: the author's sudden, galvanizing awareness of the suicidal consequences of homophobia. It is a chilling moment, and it is described with a writer's eloquence and a mother's rage....Dew's intense imagination, combined with her ignorance of homosexuality, was as much a hindrance as a help, and it is to her credit that she has recorded the occasionally wacky assumptions and painful readjustments of her own odyssey with such care and humor.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\"POETIC, HONEST.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Fort Worth Star-Telegram\u003cbr\u003e\"Eloquent and absorbing...The true testament of Mrs. Dew and her husband as parents, and the most powerful moments of this inspiring memoir, occur when they come out' to their community as parents of a gay child....Though Mrs. Dew imparts a lot of self-gained wisdom in this perceptive and beautifully articulated story, in the end she realizes she has something she has always had--a strong loving family and two good sons.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\"AMEN FROM ANY MOTHER, EVERY MOTHER.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Anna Quindlen\u003cbr\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobb Forman Dew\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and spent many Thanksgivings at her grandmother's house in Natchez, Louisiana. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Dew is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDale Loves Sophie to Death\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Her Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFortunate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Evidence Against Her\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Truth of the Matter\u003c\/i\u003e; and, \u003ci\u003eBeing Polite to Hitler\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Heart.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552764907681,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780345394088","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780345394088.jpg?v=1781715585","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/family-heart-paperback-by-robb-foreman-dew","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}