{"product_id":"9781451676624","title":"After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story","description":"This haunting story of a son’s quest to understand the mystery of his father’s death is “searing and unforgettable…memoir writing at its best” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e)—a “powerfully affecting” (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are the same thing.” So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son’s search to discover the decades-old truth about his father’s mysterious death. Hainey was a boy of six when his father, a bright and shining star in the glamorous, hard-living world of 1960s Chicago newspapers, died under mysterious circumstances. His tragic absence left behind not only a young widow and two small sons but questions about family and truth that would obsess Michael for decades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYears later, Michael undertakes a risky journey to uncover the true story about what happened to his father. Prodding reluctant relatives and working through a network of his father’s old colleagues, Michael begins to reconcile the father he lost with the one he comes to know. At the heart of his quest is his mother, a woman of courage and tenacity—and a steely determination to press on with her life. A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, \u003ci\u003eAfter Visiting Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of a son who goes searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155000180976,"sku":"9781451676624","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451676624_p0.jpg?v=1763838594","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451676624","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}