{"product_id":"prodigal-father-paperback","title":"Prodigal Father - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin William Hutchins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProdigal Father is narrated by Patience Montgomery. She is a woman who had married into an east-coast, Polish-Italian\u003cbr\u003e family but longs to be reunited with her not-so-traditional west-coast relatives.\u003cbr\u003e She misses the siblings who can hardly comprehend the stark generational\u003cbr\u003e differences that Patience has found in the New York City-metro area, where eastern\u003cbr\u003e Europe's Old World culture still lives and thrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe culture clash Patience had observed had only been a conversation piece until it stared her right in the face, with the passing of her mother-in-law, Rita. Struggling\u003cbr\u003e to pick up the pieces left behind by his wife, the father-in-law of our\u003cbr\u003e narrator becomes less interested in coping than in pointing the finger of blame\u003cbr\u003e toward those who had tried to surround him with their love, as he first began\u003cbr\u003e to grieve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more he blames, the more Patience's father-in-law alienates those around him. Having\u003cbr\u003e lost his mooring, the erratic patriarch creates fatal divisions in the family until\u003cbr\u003e his self-centered behavior is suddenly understood. The explanation satisfies\u003cbr\u003e some, but not others, sheds some light, but not much, on the head of the family\u003cbr\u003e who had once been respected, but had now descended into something far less than\u003cbr\u003e a father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of the story is the nurse in the family. She withstands every onslaught\u003cbr\u003e from the man who had once accompanied her on piano, as she sang to his playing, \u003cbr\u003e during regular family occasions. Her inner strength is elusive, yet intriguing, \u003cbr\u003e to our narrator. She wants some of what her sister-in-law exhibits but\u003cbr\u003e struggles with how to ask about it. Patience heads back to her California home\u003cbr\u003e wondering if she'll ever learn what, or who, had helped get Cheryl through the many\u003cbr\u003e strange days brought on by her husband's prodigal father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42715028095039,"sku":"9781545631782","price":50.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a989fa7d7882975c95385dccff9c804d.webp?v=1765070066","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/prodigal-father-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}