{"product_id":"9781476798202","title":"The End of the Day","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Reading [\u003ci\u003eThe End of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e] is like studying a stained-glass window up close, each piece bright and sharply cut, but when you step back and see it as a whole you discover a large, beautiful, mysterious work of art.” —David Ebershoff, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Danish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe 19th Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFollowing his acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eDid You Ever Have a Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Clegg returns with a deeply moving, emotionally resonant second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of friendship, the corrosive forces of secrets, the heartbeat of longing, and the redemption found in forgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA retired widow in rural Connecticut wakes to an unexpected visit from her childhood best friend whom she hasn’t seen in forty-nine years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA man arrives at a Pennsylvania hotel to introduce his estranged father to his newborn daughter and finds him collapsed on the floor of the lobby.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA sixty-seven-year-old taxi driver in Kauai receives a phone call from the mainland that jars her back to a traumatic past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese seemingly disconnected lives come together as half-century-old secrets begin to surface. It is in this moment that Bill Clegg reminds us how choices—to connect, to betray, to protect—become our legacy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDeeply observed and beautifully written, this novel is a feat of storytelling, capturing sixty years within the framework of one fateful day.","brand":"Bill Clegg","offers":[{"title":"Gallery\/Scout Press |  Hardback  |  2020-09-29","offer_id":44151370154239,"sku":"9781476798202","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_7aae9d8f-24c9-4989-b117-bbf1bc47e205.jpg?v=1636016229","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781476798202","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}