{"product_id":"2940044231481","title":"Balloon Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003eBalloon Animals is a road-trip and pilgrimage of unusual dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow me, Jonny Rowe, on a wild goose-chase from Ireland to the USA with my American grandfather's remains in my red birthday balloon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI use 'remains' in the loosest sense of the word: my grandfather, 45, puffed his last breaths of air into my birthday balloon before suffering a massive heart attack right there at my birthday party which becomes my deathday party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeeling responsible for 45's death and as a thank-you for filling Clinical Dad's void after leaving that questionable suicide note, I make it my quest to return 45 to his birthplace amongst the corn of Iowa, USA, suspended inside his soul-bubble. This journey might also help me with my identity-crisis ... I'm a genealogy student, by the way. And who knows, maybe I'll find love. I tend to find things when I'm not looking for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have more detours on my pilgrimage than I had planned because 45 isn't the man we thought we knew ... if we ever knew him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin me on a desperate race against time to unveil the truth as my birthday balloon begins to deflate and loose 45 forever to the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Dunne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067250983152,"sku":"2940044231481","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044231481_p0.jpg?v=1763957147","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044231481","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}