{"product_id":"count-the-ways-a-novel-1","title":"Count the Ways: A Novel","description":"In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times\nbestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks\nof her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family—from the hopeful\nearly days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath\nthat ripples through all their lives\nEleanor and Cam meet at a crafts\nfair in Vermont in the early 1970s. She’s an artist and writer, he makes wooden\nbowls. Within four years they are parents to three children, two daughters and\na red-headed son who fills his pockets with rocks, plays the violin and talks\nto God. To Eleanor, their New Hampshire farm provides everything she always\nwanted—summer nights watching Cam’s softball games, snow days by the fire and\nthe annual tradition of making paper boats and cork people to launch in the\nbrook every spring. If Eleanor and Cam don’t make love as often as they used\nto, they have something that matters more. Their family.\nThen comes a\nterrible accident, caused by Cam’s negligence. Unable to forgive him, Eleanor\nis consumed by bitterness, losing herself in her life as a mother, while Cam\nfinds solace with a new young partner.\nOver the decades\nthat follow, the five members of this fractured family make surprising\ndiscoveries and decisions that occasionally bring them together, and often tear\nthem apart. Tracing the course of their lives—through the gender transition of\none child and another’s choice to completely break with her mother—Joyce\nMaynard captures a family forced to confront essential, painful truths of its\npast, and find redemption in its darkest hours.\nA story of holding\non and learning to let go, Count the Ways is an achingly beautiful,\npoignant, and deeply compassionate novel of home, parenthood, love, and\nforgiveness.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006239827X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.006239827X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Maynard, Joyce\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46732922060977,"sku":"RDV.006239827X.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/006239827X-0_0eb8aa1e-4418-4720-a4fc-76e018d3e004.jpg?v=1774549860","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/count-the-ways-a-novel-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}