{"product_id":"2940172581229","title":"The Tightrope Walkers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational award-winner David Almond draws on memories of his early years in Tyneside, England, for a moving coming-of-age novel, masterfully told.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gentle visionary coming of age in the shadow of the shipyards of northern England, Dominic Hall is torn between extremes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, he craves the freedom he feels when he steals away with the eccentric girl artist next door, Holly Stroud-his first and abiding love-to balance above the earth on a makeshift tightrope. With Holly, Dom dreams of a life different in every way from his shipbuilder dad's, a life fashioned of words and images and story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the brutal charms of Vincent McAlinden, a complex bully who brings out Dom's darker desires, awakening something wild and reckless and killing in his nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a raw and beautifully crafted \u003ci\u003ebildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e, David Almond reveals the rich inner world of a boy teetering on the edge of manhood, a boy so curious and alive and open to impulse that we fear for him and question his balance-and ultimately exult in his triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106133000432,"sku":"2940172581229","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172581229_p0.jpg?v=1763839872","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172581229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}