{"product_id":"9780547393902","title":"Night Navigation: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother and her adult, drug-addicted son struggle for redemption and recovery in this “dark debut” novel that “has the power to lift and inspire” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Navigation\u003c\/i\u003e opens on a freezing-rain night in upstate New York: the kindling gone, the fire in the woodstove out. Retired high-school art teacher Del Merrick’s thirty-seven-year-old manic-depressive son, Mark, needs a ride, but she’s afraid to make the long drive north to the only detox that has a bed.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Through each of the four seasons, \u003ci\u003eNight Navigation\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers into the deranged, darkly humorous world of the addict—from break-your-arm dealers, to boot-camp rehabs, to Rumi-quoting NA sponsors. Mark can’t find a way to live in this world; Del can’t stop trying to rescue him. And yet, during this long year’s night, through relapse and despair, Mark and Del see flare-ups of hope as they fitfully, painfully try to steer toward the light.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told in the alternating voices of an addict and his mother, this “harrowing . . . cathartic” novel adds new depths to our understanding and literature of parents and their troubled children (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120163045616,"sku":"9780547393902","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547393902_p0.jpg?v=1769914596","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547393902","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}