{"product_id":"be-near-me-0156033968","title":"Be Near Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0156033968\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e O'Hagan, Andrew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Always trust a stranger,\" said Davids mother when he returned from Rome. \"Its the people you know who let you down.\" Half a life later, David is Father Anderton, a Catholic priest with a small parish in Scotland. He befriends Mark and Lisa, rebellious local teenagers who live in a world he barely understands. Their company stirs memories of earlier happiness-his days at a Catholic school in Yorkshire, the student revolt in 1960s Oxford, and a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome. But their friendship also ignites the suspicions and smoldering hatred of a town that resents strangers, and brings Father David to a reckoning with the gathered tensions of past and present. In this masterfully written novel, Andrew OHagan explores the emotional and moral contradictions of religious life in a faithless age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666172969248,"sku":"NEW0156033968","price":18.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81uYz5DTUYL.jpg?v=1778922851","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/be-near-me-0156033968","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}