{"product_id":"book-dpt0","title":"The Company We Keep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Tuesday nights in\u003cbr\u003ethe backroom of Cassie’s café, six strangers seek solace and find\u003cbr\u003ethemselves part of a “Company of Good Cheer”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHazzley is at loose ends, even three years after the death of her husband.\u003cbr\u003eWhen her longtime friend Cassandra, café owner and occasional dance-class\u003cbr\u003epartner, suggests that she start up a conversation group, Hazzley posts a\u003cbr\u003enotice on the community board at the local grocery store. Four people turn up\u003cbr\u003efor the first meeting: Gwen, a recently widowed retiree in her early sixties,\u003cbr\u003ewho finds herself pet-sitting a cantankerous parrot; Chiyo, a forty-year-old\u003cbr\u003efitness instructor who cared for her unyielding but gossip-loving mother\u003cbr\u003ethrough the final days of her life; Addie, a woman pre-emptively grieving a\u003cbr\u003eclose friend who is seriously ill; and Tom, an antiques dealer and amateur poet\u003cbr\u003ewho, deprived of home baking since becoming a widower, comes to the first\u003cbr\u003emeeting hoping cake will be served. Before long, they are joined by Allam, a\u003cbr\u003eSyrian refugee with his own story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese six strangers are learning that beginnings can be possible at any\u003cbr\u003estage of life. But as they tell their stories, they must navigate\u003cbr\u003ewhat is shared and what is withheld. Which version of the truth will be revealed? Who is\u003cbr\u003eprepared to step up when help is needed? This moving, funny and deeply\u003cbr\u003eempathic new novel from acclaimed author Frances Itani reminds us that life,\u003cbr\u003ewith all its twists and turns, never loses its capacity to surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344395215152,"sku":"BDdpt0","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dpt0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778666781","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dpt0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}