{"product_id":"2940169911664","title":"Wish You Were Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton, former Devon farmer and now the proprietor of a seaside caravan park, receives the news that his soldier brother, Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Jack and his wife, Ellie, this will have a potentially catastrophic impact. For Jack in particular it means a crucial journey¿to receive his brother¿s remains, but it is also a journey into his own most secret, troubling memories and into the land of his and Ellie¿s past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/em\u003e is both a gripping account of things that touch and test our human core and a resonant novel about a changing England. Rich with Graham Swift¿s love of the local and full of humor and tenderness in the face of tragedy, it is also, inescapably, about a wider, afflicted world. Moving toward an almost unbearably tense climax, it allows us to feel the stuff of headlines¿the return of a dead soldier from a foreign war¿as heart-wrenching personal truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100535374064,"sku":"2940169911664","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169911664_p0.jpg?v=1769902781","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169911664","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}