{"product_id":"book-asrb","title":"Swim Back to Me","description":"From Ann Packer, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Dive from Clausen’s Pier \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSongs Without Words\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of burnished, emotionally searing stories, framed by two unforgettable linked narratives that express the transformation of a single family over the course of a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the music collection he left behind. A woman shepherds her estranged parents through her brother’s wedding and reflects on the year her family collapsed. A young man comes to grips with the joy—and vulnerability—of fatherhood. And, in the masterly opening novella, two teenagers from very different families forge a sustaining friendship, only to discover the disruptive and unsettling power of sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Packer is one of our most talented archivists of family life, with its hidden crevasses and unforeseeable perils, and in these stories she explores the moral predicaments that define our social and emotional lives, the frailty of ordinary grace, and the ways in which we are shattered and remade by loss. With \u003ci\u003eSwim Back to Me,\u003c\/i\u003e she delivers shimmering psychological precision, unfailing intelligence, and page-turning drama: her most enticing work yet.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49339103215920,"sku":"BDasrb","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/182497-asrb-Square.jpg?v=1734012967","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-asrb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}