{"product_id":"9781529019988","title":"Akin","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Emma Donoghue\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFrance\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 July 2020 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 25 | 252g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkin is a tender tale of love, loss and family, from Emma Donoghue, the international bestselling author of Room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'If Room forced home truths on us, about parenthood, responsibility and love, Akin deals with similar subject matter more subtly, but in the end just as compellingly' - GuardianA retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew. Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak haché to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael helps Noah unearth troubling details about their family’s past, they find they are more akin than they knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poignant and hopeful, the bestselling novelist of Room has delivered another exquisite portrayal of an adult and child making their way in the world' – Woman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56172572770679,"sku":"9781529019988","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529019988.jpg?v=1763043223","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781529019988","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}