{"product_id":"2940170832040","title":"The Ha-Ha","description":"Pushcart Prize nominee Dave King delivers a moving novel that explores the nature of family. Wounded in Vietnam, Howard Kapostash is unable to speak, read or write, although his intelligence is normal. Now middle-aged, he lives a lonely existence. But then his former high school sweetheart entrusts her nine-year-old son to Howard when she enters drug rehab. Suddenly a father figure, Howard begins to open up, and the emotional wounds of his past start to heal. \". lovingly rendered in careful, steady prose . explores familial bonds arising between people with no blood ties . with poise and heart.\"-Publishers Weekly","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123296321776,"sku":"2940170832040","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170832040_p0.jpg?v=1763719170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170832040","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}