{"product_id":"the-green-pear-9798988803621","title":"The Green Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Green Pear is the second book in The Harrisburg Trilogy, following The Blue Orchard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the mid-century glamour of New York to a quiet village on the Italian Riviera, this beautifully written literary novel follows a man who searches for the truth of his own identity in a world of beautiful, broken things.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1950s, Peggy Drexler-Leighton is a well-known face in high fashion. But as the decade turns, she finds herself sidelined by an industry that has little room for maturing women. Following a sudden tragedy, she and her young son, Walker, retreat to their Pennsylvania roots-only to find that 'home' is a place of shifting expectations and difficult truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, we follow Walker to Italy, living as an ex-pat on the Riviera, where he finally seeks to define himself to himself, navigating a life of unusual pairings and hard- won independence. His quiet existence is disrupted by the arrival of his cousin, Lydia, whose presence brings more than just a conflicted memory of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Walker witnesses the increasing strain on Lydia's marriage-dragged into the personal and professional drama of their lives and those around them-the tension reaches a fever pitch. Private resentments become public tragedies. When the local peace is shattered by a series of shocking media events, the ensuing news coverage turns an intimate family struggle into a spectacle that predicts the onset of global witness that the world-wide internet will soon deliver. Walker is forced into a life- altering reckoning, finally confronting the cost of acceptance and the reality of a planetary view that make it almost impossible to look away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackson Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e B \u0026amp; C Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e The Harrisburg Trilogy #2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988803621","brand":"B \u0026 C Imprint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48671280791689,"sku":"9798988803621","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5d133b15-94fc-4e2a-a616-11b8364684b7.jpg?v=1791956872","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-green-pear-9798988803621","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}