{"product_id":"the-green-pear","title":"The Green Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Green Pear is the second book in The Harrisburg Trilogy, following The Blue Orchard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the mid-century glamour of New York to a quiet village on the Italian Riviera, this beautifully written literary novel follows a man who searches for the truth of his own identity in a world of beautiful, broken things.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1950s, Peggy Drexler-Leighton is a well-known face in high fashion. But as the decade turns, she finds herself sidelined by an industry that has little room for maturing women. Following a sudden tragedy, she and her young son, Walker, retreat to their Pennsylvania roots-only to find that 'home' is a place of shifting expectations and difficult truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades later, we follow Walker to Italy, living as an ex-pat on the Riviera, where he finally seeks to define himself to himself, navigating a life of unusual pairings and hard- won independence. His quiet existence is disrupted by the arrival of his cousin, Lydia, whose presence brings more than just a conflicted memory of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Walker witnesses the increasing strain on Lydia's marriage-dragged into the personal and professional drama of their lives and those around them-the tension reaches a fever pitch. Private resentments become public tragedies. When the local peace is shattered by a series of shocking media events, the ensuing news coverage turns an intimate family struggle into a spectacle that predicts the onset of global witness that the world-wide internet will soon deliver. Walker is forced into a life- altering reckoning, finally confronting the cost of acceptance and the reality of a planetary view that make it almost impossible to look away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B \u0026 C Imprint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50972211020061,"sku":"9798988803621","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9798988803621.jpg?v=1771965553","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/the-green-pear","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}