{"product_id":"tiny-americans-tiny-americans-devin-murphy-9780062856074","title":"Tiny Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the National Bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boat Runner\u003c\/em\u003e comes a poignant, luminous novel that follows one family over decades and across the world--perfect for fans of the film \u003cem\u003eBoyhood\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestern New York, 1978\u003c\/em\u003e: Jamie, Lewis, and Connor Thurber watch their parents' destructive dance of loving, hating, and drinking. Terrance Thurber spends this year teaching his children about the natural world: they listen to the heartbeat of trees, track animal footprints, sleep under the star-filled sky. Despite these lessons, he doesn't show them how to survive without him. And when these seasons of trying and failing to quit booze and be a better man are over, Terrance is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone with their artist mother, Catrin, the Thurber children are left to grapple with the anger they feel for the one parent who deserted them and a growing resentment for the one who didn't. As Catrin withdraws into her own world, Jamie throws herself into painting while her brothers smash out their rage in brutal, no-holds-barred football games with neighborhood kids. Once they can leave--Jamie for college, Lewis for the navy, and Connor for work--they don't look back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Terrance does. Crossing the country, sobering up, and starting over has left him with razor-sharp regret. Terrance doesn't know that Jamie, now an academic, inhabits an ever-shrinking circle of loneliness; that Lewis, a merchant marine, fears life on dry land; that Connor struggles to connect with the son he sees teetering on an all-too-familiar edge. He only knows that he has one last try to build a bridge, through the years, to his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed of a series of touchstone moments, \u003cem\u003eTiny Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling and bittersweet rendering of a family that, much like the tides, continues to come together and drift apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devin Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062856073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062856074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2018 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2019 pg. 25","brand":"Devin Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990078554367,"sku":"9780062856074","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43b5d648-983c-4223-bcb3-347bf54867a0.jpg?v=1683302871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tiny-americans-tiny-americans-devin-murphy-9780062856074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}