{"product_id":"be-near-me-9780156033961","title":"Be Near Me","description":"Always trust a stranger, said David's mother when he returned from Rome. It's the people you know who let you down. Half a life later, David is Father Anderton, a Catholic priest with a small parish in Scotland. He befriends Mark and Lisa, rebellious local teenagers who live in a world he barely understands. Their company stirs memories of earlier happiness--his days at a Catholic school in Yorkshire, the student revolt in 1960s Oxford, and a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome. But their friendship also ignites the suspicions and smoldering hatred of a town that resents strangers, and brings Father David to a reckoning with the gathered tensions of past and present. In this masterfully written novel, Andrew O'Hagan explores the emotional and moral contradictions of religious life in a faithless age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156033961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.74w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2008 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrew O'Hagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38019129671861,"sku":"9780156033961","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2a6d9d71-a94d-46b9-9873-0ae0f3a37755.jpg?v=1609171379","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/be-near-me-9780156033961","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}