{"product_id":"9780547504421","title":"The Wake of Forgiveness: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A mesmerizing, mythic saga” of a Texas family damaged by a dark past, and a son driven by a need for redemption (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On a moonless Texas night in 1895, an ambitious young landowner suffers the loss of his wife—“the only woman he’s ever been fond of”—when she dies giving birth to their fourth son, Karel. The boy is forever haunted by thoughts of the mother he never knew and the bloodshot blame in his father’s eyes, and is permanently marked by the yoke he and his brothers are forced to wear to plow the family fields.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But from an early age, Karel proves remarkably talented on horseback, and his father enlists him to ride in horseraces against his neighbors, with acreage as the prize. Now, Karel prepares for a high-stakes race against a powerful Spanish patriarch and his alluring daughters—and hanging in the balance are his father’s fortune, his brothers’ futures, and his own fate—in this “powerful story of familial love, anguish, and hatred” (\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] luminous and wrenching tale of four motherless brothers.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This intense, fast-paced debut novel is hard to put down. Machart’s hard-hitting style is sure to capture fans of Cormac McCarthy and Jim Harrison.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A gripping American drama.” —Tim O’Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177756967152,"sku":"9780547504421","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547504421_p0.jpg?v=1769896113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547504421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}