{"product_id":"operation-wandering-soul-9780060976118","title":"Operation Wandering Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory \u003c\/em\u003eand the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eBewilderment\u003c\/em\u003e, an exquisitely rendered novel set in the pediatrics ward of a public hospital that examines the power, joy, and anguish of storytelling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"If you have children or will have children, if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read \u003cem\u003eOperation Wandering Soul\u003c\/em\u003e. . . [it] is bedtime reading for the future.\" --\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the pediatrics ward of a public hospital in the heart of Los Angeles, a group of sick children is gathering. Surrogate parents to this band of stray kids, resident Richard Kraft and therapist Linda Espera are charged with keeping the group alive on make-believe alone. Determined to give hope where there is none, the adults spin a desperate anthology of stories that promise restoration and escape. But the inevitable is foreshadowed in the faces they've grown to love, and ultimately Richard and Linda must return to forgotten chapters in their own lives in order to make sense of the conclusion drawing near.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.30w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060976118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Powers\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of thirteen novels. His most recent, \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Award, and he has been a four-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110635339891,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_39a01e8b-da64-44e7-a115-45768c9b7ced.jpg?v=1748982890","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/operation-wandering-soul-9780060976118","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}