{"product_id":"the-world-outside-our-door-9781480848894","title":"The World Outside Our Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elizabeth Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Parenting - Parent \u0026amp; Adult Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been five days since her father's death, and Liz still feels frozen in time. Left with twenty-one years of memories, Liz knows that John Frederick Smith was not a perfect man or father. She loved her father, but his drinking had always been a source of resentment. As she attempts to grapple with her grief and anger, Liz returns to her memories with the hope of finding the answers she so desperately needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixty-nine years earlier, little Fred Smith is born out-of-wedlock in the small town of Southport, North Carolina. As his life's journey leads him from Southport to Virginia and then into the military, he eventually marries and starts a family. Still, he cannot escape the cloud of shame and rejection that secretly haunts him, sending his life in a downward trajectory that ultimately affects the lives of his children and grandchildren and leaves him wondering if he will ever find the inner-peace he craves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this poignant novel, the past intertwines with the present as an illegitimate child born during the early 1900s embarks on a dark journey fueled by a secret that creates generational challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46474744594583,"sku":"9781480848894","price":1557.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781480848894.jpg?v=1766270068","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-world-outside-our-door-9781480848894","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}