{"product_id":"9781480413429","title":"Clara's Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eA unique bond forms between a twelve-year-old and a Jamaican housekeeper in this moving novel that is “a work of art” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The basis for the beloved film starring Whoopi Goldberg, this prize-winning novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eNightswimmer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCloudland \u003c\/i\u003echarts the profound, rare friendship between a wise woman named Clara and David, a twelve-year-old boy adrift in the wake of a family tragedy and his parents’ broken marriage. As the two grow closer, she brings him into her special world of \u003ci\u003epatois\u003c\/i\u003e and Jamaican beauty parlors and shadowy alliances, and he comes to realize that in her native country Clara has left behind a mystery, which he grows determined to unveil.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Heralded as a classic, \u003ci\u003eClara’s Heart \u003c\/i\u003eis at once moving and comical, a tribute to unconventional love, by “a writer in total command of his narrative” (Ian McEwan).\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Delphinium Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171583705328,"sku":"9781480413429","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480413429_p0.jpg?v=1763619135","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480413429","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}