{"product_id":"9781571318923","title":"Apology: A Novel","description":"When nine-year-old Tom Serafino’s twin sister Teagan suffers a debilitating brain injury, a police investigation implicates his playmate Mario’s uncle—an immigrant, transient worker known as Shoe. Innocent of the crime but burdened by his own childhood tragedy, Shoe takes the blame for what is in fact an accident caused by his young nephew, ensuring Mario’s chance at a future publicly unscarred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lines between innocence and guilt, evasions and half-truths, love and duty are blurred. Can a lie born from resignation, fear, and love transform tragedy into hope? And is the life of one man worth the price of that lie?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in vivid scenes alive with imagery and with thematic echoes of John Burnham Schwartz’s \u003ci\u003eReservation Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Corner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the decisions we make in an instant reverberate in the years to come. \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e further paints a portrait of sacrifice within two immigrant families raising first-generation Americans. It explores the measure of duty we have toward one another, and the extent to which abandoning the wreckage of family and the past often leads to unexpected consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply empathetic and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e marks the novelistic debut of a critically acclaimed Asian American writer.","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174841106672,"sku":"9781571318923","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571318923_p0.jpg?v=1763766777","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571318923","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}