{"product_id":"my-friends-novel-fredrik-backman-9781420523720","title":"My Friends by Fredrik Backman","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people don't even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people think it's just a depiction of the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa's care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she'll find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50890614833467,"sku":"1420523724","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781420523720.jpg?v=1769360481","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/my-friends-novel-fredrik-backman-9781420523720","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}