{"product_id":"offered-in-secret-stuart-connelly-9781959346463","title":"Offered in Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Connelly takes us on a poignant, disarming, and often funny literary journey exploring loss, family loyalty, and the buried roots of the parent-child bond.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Eric Lichtblau, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nazis Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For anyone who has ever had a mother... Part family memoir, part investigative odyssey, Offered in Secret is the story of one son's reluctant quest to find the ideal final resting place for his mother's ashes. Connelly's humorous and heart-wrenching narrative brings readers along for the ride for his often uneasy adventures as he confronts old family friends, leery strangers, and, ultimately, himself. Finely wrought and affecting, Offered in Secret reminds readers that in seeking to honor the memory of those who are gone, we might just unearth a little redemption for ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Girls of Atomic City, The Last Castle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Gather Together\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Much more than a memoir, this is a sweet, wry, clear-eyed retelling of a story that will resonate with just about anyone who's taken a road trip with family. I can only hope it encourages all of us to consider our loved ones with as much honesty and care.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Celeste Headlee, NPR anchor and author of \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Connelly has been writing professionally for more than thirty years. A graduate of Syracuse University's prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Stuart has written speeches for Fortune 500 executives, reported for daily newspapers, edited a national magazine, and - at a career low point - once wrote a handful of jokes for the White House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work has been taught at the Algonkian Art of Fiction Writer's Workshop alongside such luminaries of the craft as Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Franz Kafka, and Raymond Carver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart is a National Educational Press Association Award winner for his work with Scholastic Publishing and was the founder of the San Francisco-based advertising agency Topeka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has co-authored two award-winning non-fiction biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Clarence B. Jones - \u003ci\u003eBehind The Dream\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLast of the Lions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, his journalism has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe made his feature film directorial debut with the 2013 thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Suspect.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe currently divides his time between New York City and rural Pennsylvania, which is of course not as useful as multiplying it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959346466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959346463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Redhawk Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d","brand":"Stuart Connelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250663969023,"sku":"9781959346463","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbafb384-9fb6-4c7d-9146-37353f4f0a8f.jpg?v=1729601024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/offered-in-secret-stuart-connelly-9781959346463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}