{"product_id":"splitsville-paperback-1","title":"Splitsville - 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\u003eHoward Akler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1971. Hal Sachs runs a used bookstore. Business isn't so great, and the store is in a part of Toronto that's about to be paved over with a behemoth expressway. And then Hal meets Lily Klein, an activist schoolteacher who'll do just about anything to stop the highway. It's love at first sight. Until it isn't. And then Hal vanishes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A half-century later, Hal's nephew, Aitch, waits for his baby to be born as he tries to piece together facts and fictions about Hal's disappearance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSplitsville\u003c\/i\u003e is a diamond-cut love letter to a city whose defining moment was to say 'no way' to a highway, and a look at the obsessions that carry down through a family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Akler is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe City Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award, the Commonwealth Prize, and the City of Toronto Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eMen of Action\u003c\/i\u003e, an essay about consciousness and fatherhood, also nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266557526265,"sku":"9781552453735","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b3jiBORt-w9781552453735.webp?v=1768851992","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/splitsville-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}