{"product_id":"school-for-the-blind-paperback","title":"School for the Blind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis McFarland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen two students are found dead in their small Florida hometown, an aging brother and sister are forced to confront their own dark past while on the hunt for a murderer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a successful news photographer, Francis Brimm has lived a life of adventure, traveling the world and accumulating little baggage--either material or personal. Now nearing retirement, he has decided to move back to his Florida hometown, where his sister, Muriel, by her own admission, has led a much less fulfilling existence. As children of an alcoholic father and an icy, withholding mother, the siblings have found that the wounds of childhood remain well into adulthood. The scars of their past come into stark relief when Francis and Muriel find the bones of two children, both students of the nearby school for the blind. In the search for the killer, they are both forced to reexamine the long-ago trauma that shaped their lives.\u003cbr\u003eSuspenseful and psychologically astute, \u003ci\u003eSchool for the Blind \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterwork of literary fiction by bestselling author Dennis McFarland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis McFarland is a bestselling author of novels and stories. His short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories: The O. Henry Awards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, where he has also taught creative writing. He lives in rural Vermont with his wife, writer and poet Michelle Blake.\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 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692041179199,"sku":"9781504074186","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0fa66be96774d79c8c7b9a5403ffb5d1.webp?v=1764994170","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/school-for-the-blind-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}