{"product_id":"after-visiting-friends-a-sons-story-9781451676617","title":"After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story","description":"This haunting story of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death is \"searing and unforgettable...memoir writing at its best\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e)--a \"powerfully affecting\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are the same thing.\" So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son's search to discover the decades-old truth about his father's mysterious death. Hainey was a boy of six when his father, a bright and shining star in the glamorous, hard-living world of 1960s Chicago newspapers, died under mysterious circumstances. His tragic absence left behind not only a young widow and two small sons but questions about family and truth that would obsess Michael for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Michael undertakes a risky journey to uncover the true story about what happened to his father. Prodding reluctant relatives and working through a network of his father's old colleagues, Michael begins to reconcile the father he lost with the one he comes to know. At the heart of his quest is his mother, a woman of courage and tenacity--and a steely determination to press on with her life. A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, \u003ci\u003eAfter Visiting Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of a son who goes searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451676617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael Hainey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651402166428,"sku":"9781451676617","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c62c3077-9c30-4b03-bb92-9a8b9896fc53.jpg?v=1603877575","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/after-visiting-friends-a-sons-story-9781451676617","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}