{"product_id":"here-lies-a-father-paperback-by-mckenzie-cassidy","title":"Here Lies a Father Paperback by McKenzie Cassidy","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\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-01-12)\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\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617757570\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifteen-year-old Ian Daly’s moral universe is turned upside down when, at his father’s funeral, he discovers that his father had two secret families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Cassidy’s debut is affecting . . . Like the best coming-of-age novels, \u003ci\u003eHere Lies a Father\u003c\/i\u003e grounds its big concerns in the exquisite particulars of one person’s life.” —\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Ian Daly and his sister Catherine arrive for their wayward father’s funeral in his small and desolate upstate New York hometown, a secret that was kept from them their entire lives emerges: their father Thomas abandoned two other families, leaving behind two furious wives and several children who never knew their father. Ian wants to know more of the truth, but his sister and mother want to preserve the carefully constructed myth they’ve created around who Thomas really was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the cold, lonely winter landscape of small-town New York, fifteen-year-old Ian sets out alone to learn the truth about his father’s past and the families he left behind. \u003ci\u003eHere Lies a Father\u003c\/i\u003e examines the long-term effects shameful secrets have on a family, and how difficult it is for a young man to reconstruct his own sense of right and wrong, when every value and moral principle he was ever taught was based on a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMcKenzie Cassidy\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, journalist, marketer, and professor living in Fort Myers, Florida. His work has appeared in the anthology \u003ci\u003eWalk Hand in Hand into Extinction: Stories Inspired by True Detective, Flash Fiction Magazine, Florida Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e and in multiple newspapers throughout southwest Florida. He holds an MFA from Wilkes University and is a regular blogger for the Florida Writers Association. \u003ci\u003eHere Lies a Father\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. Learn more at mckenziecassidy.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556171731105,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617757570","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617757570_21fd6292-8302-4dbf-be26-782b406bd371.jpg?v=1781807477","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/here-lies-a-father-paperback-by-mckenzie-cassidy","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}