{"product_id":"9781885983510","title":"Follow the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eFollow the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is just plain fantastic. Edward J. Delaney has orchestrated a tight, tense page-turner \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e a harrowing, deeply imagined literary portrait of an entire family. . . . What a knockout read.\" — \u003cb\u003ePaul Harding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this pungent, gritty novel, hardscrabble lives are rendered with utter realism, terrific dialogue, and a slow-burning tenderness for all concerned. Delaney's knowledge of this milieu is never in doubt, and his control of the material is masterful.\" — \u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuinn Boyle is a lobsterman with a shambled boat, a drug problem, and child support he can't pay. Since Quinn lost a man off his boat and served time in prison for cocaine possession, only naïve beginners will work with him. On his final lobster run, Quinn's down to his last options. He hires on an old nemesis, Freddy Santoro, who's facing prison time of his own. Three days later, they're both gone, lost without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobbie Boyle, a small-time local sportswriter, looked after his younger brother as best he could. Now that Quinn has disappeared, Robbie reaches out to Quinn's estranged daughter, Christine, and assumes the fatherly role his brother never shouldered. A year later, as they admit they might be better off without Quinn's complicated presence in their lives, Robbie gets a strange tip: Santoro is apparently living in the Pacific Northwest. Telling no one and risking everything, Robbie sets out to find Santoro and determine what happened to Quinn. What he discovers will remap the course of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdward J. Delaney\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and author of three previous works of fiction, including his most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eBroken Irish\u003c\/i\u003e , published by Turtle Point Press. He lives and teaches in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turtle Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057838932208,"sku":"9781885983510","price":16.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781885983510_p0.jpg?v=1763606468","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781885983510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}