{"product_id":"9781504038089","title":"Homebush Boy","description":"In this playful and poignant memoir, Thomas Keneally returns to his adolescence in the suburbs of Sydney in 1952. At sixteen, the red-haired teenager idolized the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and had aspirations of becoming a star on the track or rugby field. He also dreamed of wooing the beautiful and alluring Bernadette Curran until the day she announces her desire to become a nun. For the first time, Keneally started to consider priesthood himself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e An insightful portrait of the transition from childhood to adulthood, \u003ci\u003eHomebush Boy\u003c\/i\u003e affectionately captures the awkwardness, grace, and all the contradictions of being a teenager.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127098589424,"sku":"9781504038089","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504038089_p0.jpg?v=1763710956","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504038089","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}