{"product_id":"tiny-americans-tiny-americans-a-novel-a-novel-9780062856074","title":"Tiny Americans Tiny Americans: A Novel a Novel","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\n\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, and 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\n\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 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\n\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, with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devin Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062856074\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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurphy, Devin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDevin Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e is the nationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boat Runner. \u003c\/em\u003eHis fiction has appeared in more than sixty literary journals and anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eThe Missouri Review, Glimmer Train, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Confrontation\u003c\/em\u003e. He is an Associate Professor at Bradley University and lives in Chicago with his wife and kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40435085312115,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":22.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c8fd0038-5b07-4133-b083-3345973d7a31.jpg?v=1663076680","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/tiny-americans-tiny-americans-a-novel-a-novel-9780062856074","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}