{"product_id":"acts-of-love-emily-listfield-9781416558743","title":"Acts of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Surface\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"searing\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and emotionally powerful novel about a family and a community torn apart after an unthinkable tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a suburb near Albany, New York, Ted and Ann Waring are waiting for divorce papers. Ted is hoping for reconciliation, but when he returns from a hunting trip with the couple's two adolescent daughters, he loses his temper one last time, shooting and killing Ann in their living room. He claims it was an accident, but his thirteen-year-old daughter, Julia--the only witness--is sure it was murder. The younger girl, Ali, doesn't know which way to turn. And when Julia testifies against her father, she sets into motion a struggle that pits family, friends, and townspeople against one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the many layers of truth unfold in this \"chilling meditation on the so-called acts of love\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) Emily Listfield's lean and subtle prose reveals the ways in which the emotions and evasions of the past reverberate uncontrollably into the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Listfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416558748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416558743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.37w x 1.07d","brand":"Emily Listfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054594748671,"sku":"9781416558743","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a51ea0c6-3625-4898-bc4a-a0a5db4544a7.jpg?v=1685030857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/acts-of-love-emily-listfield-9781416558743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}