{"product_id":"9780571265633","title":"Swimming with My Father","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Exquisitely written and wonderfully readable - There are tears, laughter and filial tenderness on every page of Tim Jeal's perfect gem of a book.' Val Hennessy, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exquisite and moving portrait of a deeply eccentric father. Tim Jeal's beautifully nuanced memoir is by turns lyrical, poignant and gloriously funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jeal's prose is so sprightly, his interweaving of time-schemes so skilful, and his 'ordinary' story so touching that his book feels completely fresh - At its heart is an unusually engrossing account of parental oddity, marital resilience and filial complexity.' Andrew Motion, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a marvellous book: funny, vivid, immensely touching and beautifully constructed.' John Preston, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A pleasure to read: unpretentious, moving, full of jokes but also unobtrusively wise.' Anne Chisholm, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075017785584,"sku":"9780571265633","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571265633_p0.jpg?v=1763717970","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571265633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}