{"product_id":"9780984958801","title":"The Bastard Year","description":"\"It was exactly one year ago today,\" my father said, \"that the hostages were taken.\"\u003cbr\u003eHe looked at me as if he wanted me to say something. I figured he was probably wrong about it being a year to the day, but I wasn't about to tell him that. \u003cbr\u003e\"A year is a long time,\" he said. \"A lot can happen in a year.\"\u003cp\u003eIn the company of classic coming-of-age works, Richard Zuras's debut novel tells the story of a boy's final year of childhood and a family's near disintegration. When Zain's father is fired from the CIA in March of 1980, it creates a tremor that threatens to upend the family's precarious balance. Zain's awakening to a world riddled with cracks and his adolescent attempts to mend them are the stuff from which young men, and great stories, are made.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brandylane Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49952632733936,"sku":"9780984958801","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984958801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}