{"product_id":"dear-will-paperback","title":"Dear Will - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Ackerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen he finally becomes the hot shot literary agent he's always dreamed of being, life seems perfect to Will Gerard until he receives a letter from a young women who claims to be his biological daughter, sending him on a journey through his past as he reevaluates his prior relationships in search of the meaning of his life in this heart-warming romance from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Patron Saint of Unmarried Women\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a couple of high-profile sales and a glowing profile in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, forty-one-year-old Will has finally become the impressive literary agent he has always wanted to be. With his newfound success comes a flood of mail in the form of unpublishable manuscripts and query letters, but one piece of mail he receives is different from all the others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a young girl writes Will telling him she believes he is her biological father, he is plunged into his past, starting with a childhood spent in Thailand during the Vietnam War and the girl he met while he was there, only to abandon her a few years later, who may just be the mother of Will's potential daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as he has a young women in his mailbox claiming to be his child, Will is wrapped up in another dialogue of fatherhood as the women of his dreams, Annie Leonard, whom he met six weeks prior, is childless and anxious to bear children herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the myths and challenges of modern romance and parenthood from a middle-aged man's point of view, \u003ci\u003eDear Will\u003c\/i\u003e is a comical, perceptive, and honest book about the families you are born into and the ones you create.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Ackerman has worked in a variety of jobs in publishing, including bookseller, sales representative, editor, and reviewer. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Patron Saint of Unmarried Women, \u003c\/i\u003e was selected as a Notable Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e Ackerman also writes for documentary and feature films, and has published articles in a number of national publications, including \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife, writer Jennifer Ackerman, and two daughters in Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45469717626924,"sku":"9780743241816","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/dlFWTFhheDZxS1hxL2tJT2xmMDBMQT09.webp?v=1776707219","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/dear-will-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}