{"product_id":"2940011181924","title":"An Accident Waiting to Happen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman disappears. Her partner Gregory, under suspicion from the police of having done her harm, is left to care for her son Tomas from a previous relationship. The race is on for Gregory to find the woman he loves before the authorities take Tomas away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow far would you go to protect the ones you love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Adrian White's debut is irresistible . . . it's like life.\" (Irish Examiner)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tough subject, desertion, handled with compelling simplicity as a father and son cope alone in a rough world. Extraordinarily engaging and sensitive, wringing one's emotions.\" (Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you were to judge a book by its cover, you might think An Accident Waiting to Happen is a touchy-feely boy's book in the Tony Parsons\/Nick Hornby tradition. However, appearances can be deceptive and this is a rather unpleasant book with a remarkably unsympathetic narrator. Dark, unsettling - and definitely not touchy-feely.\" - (Anna Carey, Image Magazine)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His novel mixes gripping sections with an internal monologue filled with anxiety, confusion and weakness. Disturbing and sometimes irresistible, this is a story that will find a responsive audience in the growing ranks of dispossessed fathers.\" (Irish Independent)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"White offers a porthole on the male dilemma - the pressure to plumb his emotions and articulate them, the quandary of a sense of alienation from his environment. His unflinching honesty, coupled with an accessible writing style, produce an assured debut.\" (Martina Devlin, Dublin Evening Herald)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080629305584,"sku":"2940011181924","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011181924_p0.jpg?v=1763547821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011181924","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}