{"product_id":"1583626","title":"The Laments by George Hagen","description":"Meet the Laments—the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen’s exuberant debut novel. Howard is an engineer who dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by the motto “Laments move!” His wife Julia is a fiery spirit who must balance her husband’s oddly peripatetic nature with unexpected aspirations of her own. And Will is the “waif with a paper-thin heart” who is given to Howard and Julia in return for their own child who has been lost in a bizarre maternity ward mishap. As Will makes his way from infancy to manhood in a family that careens from continent to continent, one wonders where the Laments will ever belong. This 2005 Sceptre Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780340832745 SKU: 1583626 \u003ci\u003eThis image is of the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sceptre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49147897872661,"sku":"1583626","price":13.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1583626_6db925d2-2cd7-4b6d-a2ee-003963be89c8.jpg?v=1756446997","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1583626","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}