{"product_id":"9780547394268","title":"A Seahorse Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eA San Francisco family copes with a teenage son’s mental illness in “a wonderful book, with characters that bounce off the page” (Elizabeth Strout).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNewsday \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this “profound, heart-wrenching, and resonant” Lambda Award–winning novel, a quintessentially modern family is transformed by the mental breakdown of their adolescent son (Francisco Goldman).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When Christopher disappears from his San Francisco home, his extended family comes together in a frantic search. But the sixteen-year-old is in much more trouble than they know, and their attempts to both support and save him will challenge their assumptions about themselves and one another. In “unflinching prose that’s both descriptive and soulful,” Stacey D’Erasmo explores the ways in which love moves us to actions that have both redemptive and disastrous consequences—sometimes in the same heartbeat (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Open \u003ci\u003eA Seahorse Year\u003c\/i\u003e and be mesmerized,” raved the\u003ci\u003e Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e of this exquisitely crafted novel that is “both deeply satisfying and quietly subversive” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). A winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction and other honors, \u003ci\u003eA Seahorse Year\u003c\/i\u003e is “a stunning achievement” (Suzan Sherman).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[D’Erasmo] writes with a graceful, sometimes devastating directness, in clear, crisp phrases lined with subtle lyricism.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Alternating perspectives and controlled, nuanced writing bring depth and compassion to each character . . . [and] make D’Erasmo an author to watch.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “After turning a page or two of \u003ci\u003eA Seahorse Year\u003c\/i\u003e you’ll know you’re into something special.” —\u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e magazine","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120256368880,"sku":"9780547394268","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547394268_p0.jpg?v=1769895882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547394268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}