{"product_id":"9781773103242","title":"The Gift Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow important is truth? What is normal? These are the questions raised in \u003ci\u003eThe Gift Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Elaine McCluskey’s fictional oeuvre — a funny, poignant, sure-shot novel, populated with a community of petty criminals, beloved broadcasters, undercover intelligence agents, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel opens with the disappearance of a man in Pollock Passage, Nova Scotia, a man last seen driving away from a government wharf with a giant tuna head in the basket of his Schwinn delivery  bicycle. The man’s name is Graham Swim; he’s good at playing the harmonica and making friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Graham’s cousin Harriett decides to investigate his disappearance, she comes up against her own family history. A news photographer now jobless and adrift, Harriett has lived most of her life in the  shadow of her larger-than-life father — a once-beloved TV news anchor and borderline narcissist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Harriett arrives in Pollock Passage, she meets a stranger who tells her he is researching the Shag Harbour UFO mystery. While this stranger helps Harriett reconnect with pieces of herself she thought long-dead, she also learns that what she knows about her father may not be true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintage McCluskey, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift Child\u003c\/i\u003e showcases McCluskey’s unique ability to capture the malleability of memory and the complex absurdity and nobility of humanity. It’s a novel that’s hard to put down; it’s even harder to forget. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McCluskey, Elaine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) (Local)","offer_id":45742139539680,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f8711ff1-a996-4b11-a31e-03aa956f460b.jpg?v=1717597863","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781773103242","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}