{"product_id":"the-wig-my-father-wore-9780802138323","title":"The Wig My Father Wore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel to be published in America by the widely acclaimed Booker Prize-winning Irish author, a hilarious novel about parents, love, religion, and the absurdities of all of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace is a young Dubliner who works on a television show called the Love Quiz. Her father is going benignly senile and her life is fairly solid. When Stephen arrives on her doorstep, however, Grace has no idea what she's in for. Stephen explains he is an angel, a former bridge builder who committed suicide in 1934. He has been sent back to earth (as all suicides are) to guide lost souls. Grace does not take this personally at first, but eventually she has to face the idea that things are not so easy, and that her greatest intimacy is with this supernatural creature. As Grace begins to take stock of her life and the prospect of caring enough about something to fight for it, \u003ci\u003eThe Wig My Father Wore\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a moving, surreal romp through Catholicism, parents, and the reclamation of love from the twin modern evils of cynicism and the detritus of pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A smart and piercingly sad examination of family, roots and separation. . . . Supplementing the irresistible tale . . . is Enright's own narrative style, which carries a poetic rhythm that bounces the reader along.\" -\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802138323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.51w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 1049\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 2085\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2001 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Enright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52302199980213,"sku":"9780802138323","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b6880eb0-9c93-4a07-b3c6-e64e007bca85.jpg?v=1772552284","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wig-my-father-wore-9780802138323","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}