{"product_id":"9780062398291","title":"Count the Ways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her most ambitious novel to date, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks\u003cbr\u003eof her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family—from the hopeful\u003cbr\u003eearly days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath\u003cbr\u003ethat ripples through all their lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor and Cam meet at a crafts\u003cbr\u003efair in Vermont in the early 1970s. She’s an artist and writer, he makes wooden\u003cbr\u003ebowls. Within four years they are parents to three children, two daughters and\u003cbr\u003ea red-headed son who fills his pockets with rocks, plays the violin and talks\u003cbr\u003eto God. To Eleanor, their New Hampshire farm provides everything she always\u003cbr\u003ewanted—summer nights watching Cam’s softball games, snow days by the fire and\u003cbr\u003ethe annual tradition of making paper boats and cork people to launch in the\u003cbr\u003ebrook every spring. If Eleanor and Cam don’t make love as often as they used\u003cbr\u003eto, they have something that matters more. Their family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes a\u003cbr\u003eterrible accident, caused by Cam’s negligence. Unable to forgive him, Eleanor\u003cbr\u003eis consumed by bitterness, losing herself in her life as a mother, while Cam\u003cbr\u003efinds solace with a new young partner.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the decades\u003cbr\u003ethat follow, the five members of this fractured family make surprising\u003cbr\u003ediscoveries and decisions that occasionally bring them together, and often tear\u003cbr\u003ethem apart. Tracing the course of their lives—through the gender transition of\u003cbr\u003eone child and another’s choice to completely break with her mother—Joyce\u003cbr\u003eMaynard captures a family forced to confront essential, painful truths of its\u003cbr\u003epast, and find redemption in its darkest hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of holding\u003cbr\u003eon and learning to let go, \u003cem\u003eCount the Ways\u003c\/em\u003e is an achingly beautiful,\u003cbr\u003epoignant, and deeply compassionate novel of home, parenthood, love, and\u003cbr\u003eforgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce Maynard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905583632533,"sku":"9780062398291","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062398291.jpg?v=1776889909","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062398291","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}