{"product_id":"operation-wandering-soul-book-richard-powers-9780063140325","title":"Operation Wandering Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The\u003cbr\u003e Overstory and the forthcoming Bewilderment, an exquisitely rendered\u003cbr\u003e novel set in the pediatrics ward of a public hospital that examines the power,\u003cbr\u003e joy, and anguish of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"If you have children or will have children,\u003cbr\u003e if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read Operation\u003cbr\u003e Wandering Soul. . . [it] is bedtime reading for the future.\" --USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the pediatrics ward of a public hospital\u003cbr\u003e in the heart of Los Angeles, a group of sick children is gathering. Surrogate\u003cbr\u003e parents to this band of stray kids, resident Richard Kraft and therapist Linda\u003cbr\u003e Espera are charged with keeping the group alive on make-believe alone.\u003cbr\u003e Determined to give hope where there is none, the adults spin a desperate\u003cbr\u003e anthology of stories that promise restoration and escape. But the inevitable is\u003cbr\u003e foreshadowed in the faces they've grown to love, and ultimately Richard and\u003cbr\u003e Linda must return to forgotten chapters in their own lives in order to make\u003cbr\u003e sense of the conclusion drawing near.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324788281617,"sku":"CIN0063140322VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50329546752273,"sku":"CIN0063140322G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343384252689,"sku":"CIN0063140322A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063140322.jpg?v=1786107008","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/operation-wandering-soul-book-richard-powers-9780063140325","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}