{"product_id":"2940171179663","title":"Ask Again, Yes : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, and the power of forgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are two NYPD rookies assigned to the same Bronx precinct in 1973. They aren't close friends on the job, but end up living next door to each other outside the city. What goes on behind closed doors in both housesamp;mdash;the loneliness of Francis's wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian's wife, Anne, sets the stage for the stunning events to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes \u003c\/i\u003eby award-winning author Mary Beth Keane, is a beautifully moving exploration of the friendship and love that blossoms between Francis's youngest daughter, Kate, and Brian's son, Peter, who are born six months apart. In the spring of Kate and Peter's eighth grade year a violent event divides the neighbors, the Stanhopes are forced to move away, and the children are forbidden to have any further contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Kate and Peter find a way back to each other, and their relationship is tested by the echoes from their past. \u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how the events of childhood look different when reexamined from the distance of adulthoodamp;mdash;villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so. Kate and Peter's love story is marked by tenderness, generosity, and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Perreault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150806335728,"sku":"2940171179663","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171179663_p0.jpg?v=1763722935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171179663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}