{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-right-and-wrong-9780735281653","title":"The Mystery of Right and Wrong","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\"An absolutely unforgettable novel.\"--Ian Williams \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterwork from one of the country's most critically acclaimed and beloved writers that grapples with male violence, sexual abuse, and madness. Complusively readable and heartstopping. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wade Jackson, a young man from a Newfoundland outport, wants to be a writer. In the university library in St. John's, where he goes every day to absorb the great books of the world, he en­counters the fascinating, South African-born Rachel van Hout, and soon they are lovers.\u003cbr\u003e Rachel is the youngest of four van Hout daugh­ters, each in their own way a wounded soul. The old­est, Gloria, has a string of broken marriages behind her. Carmen is addicted to every drug her Afrikaner dealer husband can lay his hands on. Betha­ny, the most sardonic of the sisters, is fighting a los­ing battle with anorexia. And then there is Rachel, who reads \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Anne Frank \u003c\/i\u003eobsessively, and diarizes her days in a secret language of her own invention, writing to the point of breakdown and beyond--an obsession that has deeper and more dis­turbing roots than Wade could ever have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e Confronting the central mystery of his character Rachel's life--and his own--Wayne Johnston has created a brilliant and searing tour de force that pulls the reader toward a conclusion both inevitable and impossible to fore­see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735281653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 1.41d","brand":"Wayne Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42835579830453,"sku":"9780735281653","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_74972419-c028-42ba-b3a5-b4811d877da2.jpg?v=1681223215","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mystery-of-right-and-wrong-9780735281653","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}