{"product_id":"fathers-sons-2","title":"Fathers \u0026 Sons","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘There is so much aching love in this book, such pain and beauty. Behold, and rejoice.’ – Tim Winton, author of \u003ci\u003eCloudstreet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWas he thinking, do I have to be this kind of boy to survive? Is this what being a boy is?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a boy growing up on the south coast of England, Howard Cunnell’s sense of self was dominated by his father’s absence. Now, years later, he is a father, and his daughter is becoming his son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with his own childhood in the Sussex beachlands, Howard tells the story of the years of self-destruction that defined his young adulthood and the escape he found in reading and the natural world. Still he felt compelled to destroy the relationships that mattered to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaved by love and responsibility, Cunnell charts his journey from anger to compassion, as his daughter Jay realizes he is a boy, and a son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of all, this is a story about love – its necessity and fragility, and its unequalled capacity to enable us to be who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply thoughtful, searingly honest and exquisitely lyrical,\u003ci\u003e Fathers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of fatherhood, masculinity, authenticity and family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317599805822,"sku":"NW9781509812448","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781509812448.jpg?v=1778247011","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/fathers-sons-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}