{"product_id":"2940170243587","title":"The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Mewshaw's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate memoir of his friendship with internationally bestselling author Pat Conroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Conroy was America's poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the author of such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Santini\u003c\/i\u003e, Conroy was remembered by everybody for his energy, his exuberance, and his self-lacerating humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Mewshaw's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate memoir of his friendship with Pat Conroy, one that involves their families and those days in Rome when they were both young¿when Conroy went from being a popular regional writer to an internationally bestselling author. Family snapshots beautifully illustrate that time. Shortly before his forty-ninth birthday, Conroy telephoned Mewshaw to ask a terrible favor. With great reluctance, Mewshaw did as he was asked¿and never saw Pat Conroy again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough they never managed to reconcile their differences completely, Conroy later urged Mewshaw to write about \"me and you and what happened . . . i know it would cause much pain to both of us. but here is what that story has that none of your others have.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is Mewshaw's fulfillment of a promise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150453522672,"sku":"2940170243587","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170243587_p0.jpg?v=1763706290","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170243587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}