{"product_id":"old-heart-paperback-1","title":"Old Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Johnson has turned 85 and has suffered a few \"events,\" though he knows his mind is sharp. His oldest son, who had Down Syndrome has died, and his remaining two children want to move him out of the homestead lake house and into a retirement home in town. What Tom wants to do is to find the only woman he ever loved, a woman he met in the Netherlands where he was stationed during World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so he slips away, deftly covers his tracks, and begins his search for her in Eindhoven. While his children try to track him down and then have him extradited back home, Tom delves into love and loss and the value of memory. Soon he catches sight of a woman he believes to be Sarah, the love he lost almost a lifetime ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe will have to fight for her affections and forgiveness, even as he fights for the legal right to stay in the Netherlands in the name of love and family and all the remaining rights of an old man.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chicago area teacher, editor and writer; he is the author of the 2008 novel \u003ci\u003eTravel Writing.\u003c\/i\u003e His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's, Fiction, StoryQuarterly, OR\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChicago Quarterly Review.\u003c\/i\u003e Ferry is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Award for Short Fiction and is a frequent contributor to the travel pages of the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and the website WorldHum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714215710783,"sku":"9781609531171","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/391892c78cc5e089457ba0361fae8a75.webp?v=1765067407","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/old-heart-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}