{"product_id":"9780802195586","title":"The Summer of the Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egently absorbing tale which smoothly splices poignant family drama with suspenseful Cold War thriller,” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHunting Unicorns\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1980 Germany, under Cold War tension, a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. When the diplomat Nicky Fleming dies—suddenly and suspiciously—some find it convenient to brand him the traitor.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As the government digs into Nicky’s history, his wife Letty hopes to salvage their family by taking their three children to live on an island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. But the isolated shores of her childhood retreat only intensify their distance, and it is Letty’s youngest child, Jamie, who alone holds on to the one thing he’s sure of: his father promised to return. And he was a man who never broke a promise.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Named an \u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Reading Pick and a selection for NPR’s “Books with Personality,” \u003ci\u003eThe Summer of the Bear\u003c\/i\u003e reads like “García Márquez meets le Carré meets A.A. Milne at times, with hints of William Golding at others” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128620925168,"sku":"9780802195586","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802195586_p0.jpg?v=1763726393","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802195586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}