{"product_id":"fatherland-victoria-shorr-hardcover","title":"Fatherland -- Victoria Shorr, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin and Lora Brier, with three young children, possess all the trappings of a perfect life . . . except Martin is having yet another affair. Without warning, he abandons the family for his mistress and a new house on the other side of town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a prosperous midwestern town in the 1950s, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the effect of convenient lies and discovered truths. While Martin's abandonment throws up new difficulties for bewildered Lora, a housewife, who must now find a way to nurture and provide for herself and children, it unleashes a swirl of emotions in their daughter, Josie, who struggles to come to term with his absence. \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e follows Josie from this fateful event, across many decades and milestones and through the phases of her tenuous, emotionally fraught relationship with Martin--and the way she begins to move beyond their shared past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in Victoria Shorr's inimitable clean, spare prose, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, layered novel of a family in the aftermath of deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Victoria Shorr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.46\" H x 5.83\" L x 0.96\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781324117551\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51089611555120,"sku":"9781324117551","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781324117551.jpg?v=1774393155","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/fatherland-victoria-shorr-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}