{"product_id":"the-exact-nature-of-our-wrongs-9781250293756","title":"The Exact Nature Of Our Wrongs","description":"\u003cp\u003eJanet Peery's first novel, The River Beyond the World, was a National Book Award finalist in 1996. Acclaimed for her gorgeous writing and clear-eyed gaze into the hearts of people, Peery now returns with her second novel, The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, town judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest sibling - with a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanors - passes out in his devil's food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of Billy's sobriety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBilly's misadventures have too long consumed their lives, in particular Hattie's, who has enabled his transgressions while trying to save him from Abel's disappointment. As the older children - Doro, Jesse, ClairBell, and Gideon - contend with their own failures, they compete for the approval of the elderly parents they adore, but can't quite forgive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith knowing humour and sure-handed storytelling, Janet Peery reveals a family at its best and worst, with old wounds and new, its fractures and feuds, and yet its unbreakable bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42977469464742,"sku":"9781250293756","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781250293756_1.jpg?v=1656102590","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/the-exact-nature-of-our-wrongs-9781250293756","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}