{"product_id":"childhood","title":"Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Chapters\/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1998, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e introduced manyreaders to the virtuosic talents of André Alexis, one of Canada's most cherished writers and supreme stylists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis' prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood—or perhaps the loss of childhood—of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the '50s and '60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at ten, his mother reclaimshim, taking him to the once-splendid Victorian home of a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut is he Thomas' father? Moving and wryly humorous, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of a man's quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48220559966426,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5045\/0749\/files\/9780771045165_cfl.jpg?v=1784055676","url":"https:\/\/outnaboutboutique.com\/en-us\/products\/childhood","provider":"Out \u0026 About","version":"1.0","type":"link"}