{"product_id":"the-bluff-a-novel","title":"The Bluff: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Family Stone\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eSandwich\u003c\/em\u003e in this humorous take on a traditional Christmas celebration that goes off the rails as family secrets are revealed and generational, social and political differences are served alongside the turkey and pumpkin pie, in this witty look at surviving the holidays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the picture-perfect façade of the Chapman family’s annual Christmas card photo lies a gathering more nightmare than Norman Rockwell. At their magnificently restored heritage lake house, tensions simmer as a blizzard traps generations of Champans, forcing them to confront long-buried secrets and clashing values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Chapman has lost the trust of his father, who built the powerful Chapman family business from scratch, and is on the brink of losing his job to his ambitious younger brother. Meanwhile, his wife Kat, a former journalist turned reluctant homemaker, struggles to save their cantilevered home from crumbling into the waves of Lake Michigan—along with her sense of self. Kat finally put her foot down this year and insisted on including her working class parents in the Chapman tradition, a move she may regret long before the turkey is carved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir children, fiercely liberal Leah and conservative golden-boy Chip, embody the family’s growing ideological divide, while the arrival of Chris’s competitive brother Cormac and his vapid bride (or so everyone thinks) only stirs the pot. Add to the mix passive-aggressive Grandma Chapman, whose motto is “Christmas is our holiday. We do not share it with other people.” She is sharing it this year and she is \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003ehappy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKat’s parents, Bob and Shirley Brown, are traditional Midwesterners to the bone. But while the Chapmans dismiss them as inconsequential outsiders, Shirley has a big secret that she’s tempted to spill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs snow piles up outside, so do the grievances, leading to a holiday showdown where respect, dignity, and the future of the family hang in the balance. Think Christmas, but with a storm of secrets, rivalries, and a dash of dark humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52834706063640,"sku":"9780778306221","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780778306221_d7335.jpg?v=1791475247","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/the-bluff-a-novel","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}