{"product_id":"follow-the-sun-9781885983558","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.\" --\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Harding\u003c\/strong\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.\" --\u003cstrong\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Quinn Boyle is a lobsterman afloat in a shambled vessel, haunted by his battles with lobsters and with heroin, and ever behind on his child support. Since Quinn lost a man off his boat and served time for possession, only na ve 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\u003cstrong\u003eEdward J. Delaney\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and author of three previous works of fiction. He has received the PEN\/New England Award, the O. Henry Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, in anthologies, and on PRI's \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e program. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Delaney lives and teaches in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885983558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edward J. Delaney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268523888821,"sku":"9781885983558","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6570fe20-6d62-4686-b395-68f7a424baa9.jpg?v=1657032547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/follow-the-sun-9781885983558","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}