{"product_id":"9780062310767_the-from-aways","title":"The From-Aways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFresh talent CJ Hauser makes her literary debut with \u003cem\u003eThe From-Aways\u003c\/em\u003e, an irreverent story of family, love, friendship, and lobsters, in the tradition of J. Courtney Sullivan’s \u003cem\u003eMaine\u003c\/em\u003e and Richard Russo’s \u003cem\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo women come to Maine in search of family, and find more love, heartbreak, and friendship, than they’d ever imagined one little fishing town could hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Leah, a young New York reporter, meets Henry, she falls in love with everything about him: his freckles, green thumb, and tales of a Maine childhood. They marry quickly and Leah convinces Henry to move back to Menamon. As Leah builds a life there, reporting for \u003cem\u003eThe Menamon Star\u003c\/em\u003e and vowing to be less of an emotional screw-up, the newlyweds are shocked to discover that they don’t know each other nearly so well as they thought they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Quinn’s mother dies, she tracks down the famous folk-singer father she’s never known, in Menamon. Scrappy and smart-mouthed, Quinn gets a job at the local paper, an apartment above the town diner, and tries to shore up the courage to meet her father. But falling in love with her roommate, Rosie, was never part of the plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two unruly women’s work relationship at \u003cem\u003eThe Star\u003c\/em\u003e deepens into best-friendship when they stumble onto a story that shakes sleepy Menamon—and holds damaging repercussions for Leah’s husband and Quinn’s roommate both. As the town descends into turmoil, both women must decide what kind of lives they are willing to fight for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CJ Hauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132745564309,"sku":"9780062310767","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x750_17a06fbc-af99-4c7a-8f47-0c00afef5a38.jpg?v=1776889832","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062310767_the-from-aways","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}