{"product_id":"fatherland-9781324117551","title":"Fatherland","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin and Lora Brier, with three young children, possess all the trappings of a perfect life . . . except Martin is having yet another affair. Without warning, he abandons the family for his mistress and a new house on the other side of town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a prosperous midwestern town in the 1950s, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the effect of convenient lies and discovered truths. While Martin's abandonment throws up new difficulties for bewildered Lora, a housewife, who must now find a way to nurture and provide for herself and children, it unleashes a swirl of emotions in their daughter, Josie, who struggles to come to term with his absence. \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e follows Josie from this fateful event, across many decades and milestones and through the phases of her tenuous, emotionally fraught relationship with Martin--and the way she begins to move beyond their shared past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Victoria Shorr's inimitable clean, spare prose, \u003cem\u003eFatherland\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, layered novel of a family in the aftermath of deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Shorr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.83w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324117551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShorr, Victoria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Shorr\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of four works of fiction, including the acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eThe Plum Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, which was listed as a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Recommended Historical Fiction selection for 2021. She lives in New York.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Victoria Shorr \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47733853520029,"sku":"9781324117551","price":47.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bf72184d-cfad-45e2-8348-665c9eb0b7ec.jpg?v=1773736905","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/fatherland-9781324117551","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}