{"product_id":"the-lifeguards-paperback","title":"The Lifeguards - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Eyre Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book that is at once riveting and relevant as it unpeels the various meanings of motherhood, family, and loyalty. I tore through it.\"--Miranda Cowley Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bonds between three picture-perfect--but viciously protective--mothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer in a gripping novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jetsetters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAustin's Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trails, live music, and moms who drink a few too many margaritas. Whitney, Annette, and Liza have grown thick as thieves as they have raised their children together for fifteen years, believing that they can shelter them their children from an increasingly dangerous world. Their friendship is unbreakable--as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr so they think. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night, the three women have been enjoying happy hour when their boys, lifeguards for the summer, come back on bicycles from a late-night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secret--news that will shatter the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining three mothers' points of view in a powerful narrative tale with commentary from entertaining neighborhood listservs, secret text messages, and police reports, \u003ci\u003eThe Lifeguards\u003c\/i\u003e is both a story about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love and a riveting novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayals, fierce love and complicated friendships, and the loss of innocence on one hot summer night.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Eyre Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of seven novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Jetsetters\u003c\/i\u003e, a Reese's Book Club pick. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44302983954534,"sku":"9780593159460","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VysreFFNQkRERXE4b0tSR09aQWtFZz09.webp?v=1767520548","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-lifeguards-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}