{"product_id":"after-visiting-friends","title":"After Visiting Friends","description":"This haunting memoir of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death is \"searing and unforgettable...memoir writing at its best\" (San Francisco Chronicle)--a \"powerfully affecting\" (O, The Oprah Magazine) portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets.\"Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are the same thing.\" So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son's search to discover the decades-old truth about his father's mysterious death. Hainey was a boy of six when his father, a bright and shining star in the glamorous, hard-living world of 1960s Chicago journalism, died under mysterious circumstances. His tragic absence left behind not only a young widow and two small sons but questions about family and truth that would obsess Michael for decades.Years later, Michael undertakes a risky investigation to uncover the true story about what happened to his father. Prodding reluctant relatives and working through a network of his father's old colleagues, Michael begins to reconcile the father he lost with the one he comes to know. At the heart of his quest is his mother, a woman of courage and tenacity--and a steely determination to press on with her life. A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, After Visiting Friends is the account of a son who goes searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841108619469,"sku":"9781451676617","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_fe558eca-ba8c-40d3-9fa8-a236120da2a9.jpg?v=1792003018","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/after-visiting-friends","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}