{"product_id":"9781504043021","title":"The Last Marlin: The Story of a Family at Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Bobby Fischer \u003c\/i\u003etackles his own childhood in this “remarkably ambitious and satisfying memoir” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fred Waitzkin depicted the joys and trials of parenthood with remarkable perception in \u003ci\u003eSearching for Bobby Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e, the inspiration for the beloved major motion picture. A New York Times Notable Book, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Marlin \u003c\/i\u003eis another sweeping family saga, the tale of an adolescence spent navigating between two very different parents and the discovery of a lifelong passion for deep-sea fishing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Waitzkin’s father, Abe, is both a prolific salesman—the “Beethoven of fluorescent lighting” in the fifties—and a frail man, driven to succeed despite his declining health, while his mother, Stella, is an eccentric abstract artist, once a student of de Kooning and Hans Hoffman, and a free spirit who resents her husband’s dirty business tactics and conventional notions of success. As their relationship disintegrates, Waitzkin is torn between them.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But soon he finds solace on the ocean. At first, fishing is a way to bond with Abe—and irritate Stella—but over the years it becomes a way of life. From the Long Island Sound to the drug-infested coastline of Bimini and the marlin-rich waters of the Gulf Stream, Waitzkin comes to believe that fishing is the answer to all his problems, even as he starts his own family.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hailed by \u003ci\u003eOutside \u003c\/i\u003emagazine as “a graceful father–son memoir that artfully braids rich, disparate strands,” \u003ci\u003eThe Last Marlin\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to the open sea, the solitude it provides, and the connections it fosters.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170034172144,"sku":"9781504043021","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504043021_p0.jpg?v=1763715531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504043021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}