{"product_id":"9780988836747","title":"After Dad","description":"\"I had a horrible stepfather and he was the reason I ran away from home and ended up with a man I thought could be my father. The only trouble was, it wasn't a daughter he was looking for.\"\u003cp\u003eAfter Dad, a coming-of-age tale with a difference, is the story of Ariel's emergence into the world after spending two years as the often-willing abductee of Will, a man who stopped at nothing to fulfill his obsessive fantasy. It is the story of her emotional healing and re-entry into normal life as she absorbs and comes to terms with all that had happened in those two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow living with her birth father, Ariel faces the task of integrating with her peers and engaging in activities more appropriate for a sixteen-year-old. She befriends Pat, a fellow student in a philosophy class at the local college and a gadfly and catalyst for Ariel's growth and healing. She quickly becomes Ariel's window on the real world, a sounding board and a counterpart and mirror for Ariel's feelings. They shape each other as together they reveal the full horror of what happened to Ariel in those missing two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with humor and poignancy, this is a charming sequel to Finding Dad, an earlier novel by Margaret Pitz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"riverrun publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013958287600,"sku":"9780988836747","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988836747_p0.jpg?v=1763899782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988836747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}