{"product_id":"mayflies-9780771068119","title":"Mayflies","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eChristopher Isherwood Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable coming-of-age novel that becomes a profound mediation on life, death, and lifelong friendship.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news--news that forces the life-long friends to confront their own mortality head-on. What follows is an incredibly moving examination of the responsibilities and obligations we have to those we love. \u003ci\u003eMayflies\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a finely-tuned drama about the delicacy and impermanence of human connection and an urgent inquiry into some of the most important questions of all: Who are we? What do we owe to our friends? And what does it mean to love another person amidst tragedy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780771068119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.72d","brand":"Andrew O'Hagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41968329359541,"sku":"9780771068119","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b4c7f883-8c4f-4cab-813a-565447ab953e.jpg?v=1647956993","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mayflies-9780771068119","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}