{"product_id":"the-golden-boy","title":"The Golden Boy","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Readers and book clubs who appreciate quiet, bittersweet stories about the lives of everyday people and fans of Elizabeth Strout and Richard Russo will want to pick this one up.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"The Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is not just an astoundingly ambitious novel, but also - and more importantly, in my opinion - a wildly entertaining one, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Bravo, Patricia Finn!\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath trilogy of Fool novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With \n\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia Finn has constructed something miraculous - an immersive, profoundly moving story about friendship, marriage, betrayal, and redemption that spans across generations and oceans. She writes with a philosopher's deep wisdom, and a screenwriter's talent for satisfyingly messy characters and wholly gripping plots. Combine all of that with the fact that \n\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is also very, very funny, and what you've got is a novel that's about as perfect as they come.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Extraordinary. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is both a love story and a family drama, where the past gives purpose to the present action. I can't recall ever reading such a satisfying ending... nor cheering for characters more enthusiastically.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swan Song and The Perfect Couple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An uproarious and poignant exploration of midlife reckoning and the power of transformation.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A novel that will satisfy with its engaging storytelling, excellent pacing, and clever writing...full of ideas that could bring insight to one's own life.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish Columbia Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A tale of second chances delivered with wit and heart.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Finn \u003c\/b\u003ehas worked as a writer and ghostwriter on non-fiction, episodic television and feature films. She completed post-graduate work in English and Classics with a focus on Aristotle and Athenian tragedy. She has both Canadian and American roots and now lives in Vancouver. \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Patricia Finn excels at creating set pieces, imbuing them with life, and uses them to contribute a distinctive form of dynamism that vivifies the whole...\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e wisely chooses allegory over melodrama, and atonement over redemption, honoring the idea that paradise can be neither found, nor lost, and the arc of life will always favor Napanee over Maui.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Post (CAN)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 B\u0026amp;N Discover Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn unexpected letter sends a man and his wife into their pasts--and offers them both a shot at redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter an involuntary retirement from his high-flying Hollywood career, Stafford Hopkins has retreated to a luxury estate on Maui, along with his wife Agnes, both grimly resigned to life in a paradise where neither feels fully at home. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStafford is ready to retreat into himself, too, when a letter arrives with shocking news. Stafford has been named guardian of four children he didn't know existed: the grandchildren of his late childhood friend, Bobby Shepherd, whose ghost Stafford can no longer ignore. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning to both the hardscrabble farming town and the dark secret he'd tried to forget for decades, Stafford is forced to confront his past in order to rebuild his future--and to redirect the fates of his family and the four young people suddenly in his care. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSlyly funny and deeply moving, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating debut about love, mercy, and second chances. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Golden Boy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is not just an astoundingly ambitious novel, but also--and more importantly, in my opinion--a wildly entertaining one, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. 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