{"product_id":"the-friend-of-the-family-9781662533297","title":"The Friend of the Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA girl liberated from a carnival sideshow discovers her mysterious purpose in a moving novel about family, sacrifice, and transcendent love by #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Dean Koontz.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe human \"oddities\" in the Museum of the Strange are less wondrous than the gawking rubes had been promised. But Alida is something else. The real thing. Traveling Depression-era America from carnival midways to speakeasies, Alida is resigned to an exploited and lonely life on the road as the museum's golden ticket. Until she's rescued by two compassionate strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin and Loretta Fairchild see in Alida a gifted and uncannily well-read girl in need of a loving touch and a family. With the openhearted couple and their three precociously imaginative children, Alida finds it. Yet despite everyone's overwhelming generosity and acceptance, Alida knows she is still a very different kind of girl. Her dreams bear that out. They're vivid, unsettling, and threatening. Alida fears that they're also warnings. And that it's the Fairchilds who may need rescue from a bad, bad world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlida will do anything to help those she now holds nearest and dearest. Empowered with a purpose to vanquish evil, she will not fail her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Koontz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662533297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoontz, Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eInternational bestselling author Dean Koontz was a senior in college when he won an \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e fiction competition. He has never stopped writing. Koontz is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forest of Lost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Weather Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Dark Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, and seventy-nine \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, fourteen of which were #1: \u003ci\u003eOne Door Away from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Corner of His Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidnight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHideaway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDragon Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntensity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSole Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Husband\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOdd Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRelentless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Night Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e77 Shadow Street\u003c\/i\u003e. Hailed by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e as \"America's most popular suspense novelist,\" Koontz has published books in thirty-eight languages and sold more than five hundred million copies worldwide. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he now lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirits of their goldens Trixie and Anna. For more information, visit his website at www.deankoontz.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dean Koontz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47629506707613,"sku":"9781662533297","price":49.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8f98a644-9dac-4083-b187-1e4de5baa7e1.jpg?v=1770190481","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-friend-of-the-family-9781662533297","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}