{"product_id":"9780676971842","title":"The Divine Ryans","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJennie’s Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, a beloved comic classic about a young boy struggling to understand the death of his father and the chaos of growing up amid his eccentric, devout Newfoundland family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bittersweet, bestselling novel, young Draper Doyle Ryan grows up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a Montreal Canadiens fan who hates choir, boxing practice and the obligatory visits to the Ryan family funeral parlour. With the help of his Uncle Reginald’s hilarious talk therapy—”oralysis”—Draper Doyle tries to come to terms with the death of his beloved father as he struggles, in touching, comic fashion with budding adolescence and the strange demands of his proudly eccentric family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and basis for a major Alliance Communications film release, this treasure of a novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis now a cherished Canadian classic.","brand":"Wayne Johnston (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48675408314580,"sku":"9780676971842","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_43eb76ea-1035-42c7-8772-265656fd077c.jpg?v=1789518560","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780676971842","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}