{"product_id":"9781946732019","title":"The Family Made of Dust: A Novel of Loss and Rebirth in the Australian Outback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF TWO NATIONAL LITERARY AWARDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOP SELECTION FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of the best novels in ten years.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHackney Literary Awards Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDestined to become the next \u003cem\u003eThe Book Thief \u003c\/em\u003eby Markus Zusak. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Lovely Bones \u003c\/em\u003eby Alice Sebold, \u003cem\u003eAtonement \u003c\/em\u003eby Ian McEwan, and \u003cem\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time \u003c\/em\u003eby Mark Haddon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thrilling debut novel ranked alongside Pulitzer Prize winners William Styron and Horton Foote, a gripping search for a missing friend unearths the price one boy paid for brutal adoption policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel Branch is a man displaced. Having lost his boyhood family to a government’s attempt at genocide, his emotions balance on a razor's edge. Then his best friend disappears in the vast Australian desert. The only clue is an Aboriginal artifact that leads Gabe back to the land of his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he searches for his friend, long-suppressed memories resurface. Memories of the uncle who swung him up into a tree and called him Little Breeze. Memories of the mother he lost. Memories of the candy the social workers used to lure him away from his Outback home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVast, dangerous and beautiful, \u003cem\u003eThe Family Made of Dust\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable story about the special relationships families can treasure even when they have been broken apart...and how a spare and beautiful landscape can resurrect that which we hold so dear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable titles: \u003cem\u003eThe Kite Runner \u003c\/em\u003eby Khaled Hosseini, \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things \u003c\/em\u003eby Arundhati Roy, \u003cem\u003eWater for Elephants \u003c\/em\u003eby Sara Gruen\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCold Mountain \u003c\/em\u003eby Charles Frazier, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees \u003c\/em\u003eby\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eSue Monk Kidd, \u003cem\u003eThe Help \u003c\/em\u003eby Kathryn Stockett.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaine Cunningham’s books are included in the fantastic fiction found on “books to read” and “good books to read” lists curated on online book review sites. Bookworms have compared her stories to bestselling books that garner recommended reading notes by bookstore employees. Browse the full selection of her fiction and nonfiction titles at Amazon books, Books-A-Million, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, and your local independent bookstore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Dogs Creations","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039929221360,"sku":"9781946732019","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946732019_p0.jpg?v=1763797300","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946732019","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}