{"product_id":"the-summer-guest-9780385335812b","title":"The Summer Guest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA literary novel by PEN\/Hemingway Award–winning author Justin Cronin, widely praised for its emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical prose, telling a multi-generational family story centered on a dying man’s final visit to a remote Maine fishing camp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Summer Guest\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds primarily at a rustic fishing camp on the northern tip of Maine, a place that has offered solace to generations of visitors. On an evening in late summer, wealthy financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at the camp with a wish to spend one last day fishing in the waters he has loved for thirty years and with a bequest that will change the lives of those around him. From this simple premise, Justin Cronin weaves the intertwined stories of Harry and four people connected to the camp: Jordan Patterson, the haunted young guide who will take him out on the lake; Joe Crosby, the camp’s owner and a Vietnam draft evader still wrestling with what it means to be brave; Joe’s wife, Lucy, the woman Harry has loved for decades; and their daughter Kate, whose memories and choices unlock long-buried truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between wartime Italy, the upheavals of the Vietnam era, and the private battles of love and family, the novel explores themes of love, loyalty, forgiveness, mortality, and the enduring pull of home. With quiet moments and powerful revelations, \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Guest\u003c\/em\u003e portrays how the bonds of family and the “lines of love” connecting people across time can shape and redeem their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Summer Guest\u003c\/em\u003e is a jewel… more than entertainment—it’s a work of art.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Justin Cronin succeeds, touchingly and tenderly, in portraying life itself as a triumph of hope over experience.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here is a gifted and assured writer… a haunting story about the way time changes us and about what endures.” — \u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822992494672,"sku":"9780385335812B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780385335812-l.jpg?v=1785890409","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-summer-guest-9780385335812b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}