{"product_id":"please-dont-come-back-from-the-moon-paperback","title":"Please Don't Come Back from the Moon - 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\u003eDean Bakopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe summer Michael Smolij turns sixteen, his father disappears. One by one other men also vanish from the blue-collar neighborhood outside Detroit where their fathers before them had lived, raised families, and, in a more promising era, worked. One man props open the door to his shoe store and leaves a note. \"I'm going to the moon,\" it reads. \"I took the cash.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The wives drink, brawl, and sleep around, gradually settling down to make new lives and shaking off the belief in an American dream that, like their husbands, has proven to be a thing of the past. Unable to leave the neighborhood their fathers abandoned, Michael and his friends stumble through their twenties until the restlessness of the fathers blooms in them, threatening to carry them away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a haunting, unforgettable novel for anyone who has ever been left longing.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year Michael Smolij turns seventeen, his father disappears. One by one, other men, too, vanish from the blue-collar neighborhood outside Detroit where their fathers before them lived, raised families, and, in a more promising era, worked. One man props open the door to his shoe store and leaves a note. \"I'm going to the moon,\" it reads. \"I took the cash.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe wives drink, brawl and sleep around, gradually settling down to make new lives, and shaking off the belief in an American dream that, like their husbands, has proved to be a thing of the past. Unable to leave the neighborhood their fathers abandoned, Michael and his friends stumble through their twenties, until the restlessness of the fathers blooms in them, threatening to carry them away. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a haunting, unforgettable debut novel for anyone who has ever been left longing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eADVANCED PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003ePLEASE DON'T COME BACK FROM THE MOON\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully smart, comic, and moving narrative about the fathers who disappear and the sons who take their place, \u003ci\u003ePlease Don't Come Back from the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is somehow both realistic and visionary . . . This is a wonderful book.\"--Charles Baxter, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Families, heartbreak, political and social comedy--there is little that Dean Bakopoulos doesn't grasp in an articulate, wittily perceptive, and soulful way, before he hands it back to the reader as literary art. \u003ci\u003ePlease Don't Come Back from the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and brilliant first work of fiction.\"--Lorrie Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePlease Don't Come Back from the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is a pitch-perfect debut by a fine young novelist. Dean Bakopoulos makes his indelible mark on the coming-of-age novel.\"--Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Please Don't Come Back from the Moon\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227278196985,"sku":"9780156031677","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dHV6NmsyK1M4S28vbkZnOWdVamVMUT09.webp?v=1768279246","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/please-dont-come-back-from-the-moon-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}