{"product_id":"9781988784106","title":"Searching for Terry Punchout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarden State\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eKing Leary\u003c\/i\u003e in this slapshot debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAdam Macallister's sportswriting career is about to end before it begins, but he's got one last shot: a \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e profile about hockey's most notorious goon, the reclusive Terry Punchout-who also happens to be Adam's estranged father. Adam returns to Pennington, Nova Scotia, where Terry now lives in the local rink and drives the Zamboni. Going home means drinking with old friends, revisiting neglected relationships, and dealing with lingering feelings about his father and dead mother-and discovering that his friends and family are kinder and more complicated than he ever gave them credit for. \u003ci\u003eSearching for Terry Punchout\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming and funny tale of hockey, small-town Maritime life, and how, despite our best efforts, we just can't avoid turning into our parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"An assured debut, wryly funny.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"A story of a father, a son and hockey that set[s] heart and mind reeling.\"\u003cb\u003e—Chris Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Books Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tyler Hellard (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45894296862908,"sku":"9781988784106","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cf766d22-1eeb-4447-a41c-c08ea70237c2.jpg?v=1771019971","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781988784106","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}