{"product_id":"the-holding-9781068087516","title":"The Holding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoving your sibling is hard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon is nine. He moves through the world as an outgoing creature of the moment, heart on his sleeve, sometimes too loud, sometimes too much. Anna is thirteen - guarded, watchful, sharper than she lets people see, and quietly drowning in the social blood-sport of grade eight. Time is not on their side. The love they do not share can only be made in the young, and they are growing up-and-out of their smallness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnseen at the edges of the frame, something outside themselves is trying to bring them together. What they manage - or fail to manage - between themselves will register far past the small horizon of a Canadian childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Holding is a tender, strange, deeply felt novel about the everyday work of finding, and holding on to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is AI-Assisted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J.M. Woodward Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781068087516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"J. M. Woodward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53405805772981,"sku":"9781068087516","price":31.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781068087516.jpg?v=1790791547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-holding-9781068087516","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}