{"product_id":"akin-paperback","title":"Akin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis \"soul stirring\" novel by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eRoom\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e) is one of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e's best books of the year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip.\u003cbr\u003e Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak frites to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew.\u003cbr\u003e Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made \u003cem\u003eRoom\u003c\/em\u003e an international bestseller, \u003cem\u003eAkin\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Dublin in 1969, \u003cb\u003e Emma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature before moving to London, Ontario, where she lives with her French partner and their two children. Her fascination with Nice developed over the two years her family have spent in that city.\u003cbr\u003eShe also migrates between genres, writing literary history, biography, stage and radio plays as well as fairy tales and short stories. She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical (\u003ci\u003eSlammerkin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife Mask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLanding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sealed Letter\u003c\/i\u003e) to the contemporary (\u003ci\u003eStir-Fry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLanding\u003c\/i\u003e). Her international bestseller \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes. For more information, visit www.emmadonoghue.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249843585273,"sku":"9780316491969","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SlM1MzRranpXRnQ0WFc0UEIzNXhqdz09.webp?v=1768652945","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/akin-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}