{"title":"Bob Seay","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"band-room-book-bob-seay-9781087955728","title":"The Band Room","description":"\u003ci\u003e2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Book -- Winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA sinister plot by a young woman left her mother dead and her father riddled with bullets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the outside looking in, Jennifer Pan seemed like a model daughter living a perfect life. The ideal child, the one her immigrant parents saw, was studying to become a pharmacist at the University of Toronto. But there was a dark, deceptive side to the angelic young woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In reality, Jennifer spent her days in the arms of her high school sweetheart, Daniel. In an attempt to lead the life she dreamed of, she would do almost anything: lie about her whereabouts, forge school documents, and invent fake jobs and a fictitious apartment. For many years she led this double life. But when her father discovered her web of lies, his ultimatum was severe. And so, too, was her revenge: a plan that culminated in cold-blooded murder. And it almost worked, except for one bad shot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story of Jennifer Pan is one of all-consuming love and devious betrayal that led to a cold-hearted plan hatched by a group of youths who thought they could pull off the perfect crime.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537493827857,"sku":"GOR013318362","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52746225287441,"sku":"NIN9781087955728","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1087955726.jpg?v=1751301885"},{"product_id":"dad-book-bob-seay-9781087862149","title":"Dad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF A 2021 INDIEREADER DISCOVERY AWARD   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunner-Up in the Literary-Humor category for the 2021 Maxy Awards \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2021 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prose itself is beautiful to read, and the plot is gripping. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who loves a book that goes deeper than surface level as it examines the things that makes us human. - Andrea Ramirez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan an underachieving son reconnect with his father before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob's life is already complicated enough. Now Dad, whose mind isn't as sharp as it once was, is driving out for a visit. Or he was, before he got lost along the way. Now it's up to Jacob to find him and reconnect. A touching story about families, relationships, and aging parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA funny and heartbreaking novel about a man with a broken marriage, a dubious writing career, and a father with dementia who sometimes disappears while driving on his own. The novel is both a tender road trip story and a sweet romantic comedy with descriptions so vivid it hardly reads like fiction. - IndieReader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Don Roswell, 5 stars, April 21, 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e For starters, Bob Seay can write. I mean, really write. It's no wonder his main character, Jacob, makes a living (albeit unethically) writing scholastic papers for others. Jacob's already disrupted life (broken marriage, failed teaching career) is being turned on its head by his father's digression into dementia. It seems to me a few reviewers missed the point of all of this. It is not really a story about Jacob's cross-country treks to get his wandering father home. Rather, it is his own story, a search by an underachiever whose various relationships and father's eroding health are forcing him to come to terms with his own mortality and need for purpose. By choosing to tell the tale in first-person present narrative, Seay crafts a story that moves at a good pace and touches all the emotional bases. Especially at the ending, when any thinking reader should be deeply moved. Well done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51018664313105,"sku":"NIN9781087862149","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1087862140.jpg?v=1750919231"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-bob-seay.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}