{"product_id":"dear-missing-friend-paperback","title":"Dear Missing Friend - 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\u003eSusan McGuirk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hearts. Countless letters. One impossible choice.Through letters exchanged across oceans and Manhattan streets, Irish immigrant Catherine McGuirk navigates love, ambition, and heartbreak. Torn between her seafaring husband, the suitor she once refused, and her own dreams, Catherine's fate unfolds in an intimate, epistolary saga of passion, resilience, and 19th-century life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan McGuirk posts about historical fiction heroines on her blog \"The Storied Sisters Society\" on Bluesky, Substack, and on her website, www.susanmcguirk.com. Her debut novel, Dear Missing Friend, coming in May 2026 from Sea Crow Press, has been long-listed for the Goethe Award for Historical Fiction. Susan worked at Anthology Film Archives, a historical film museum, where she received its Film Preservation Award and serves on the Board of Advisors. She honed her writing skills at HBO, composing hundreds of in-house film reviews. After running a media mentoring program at City College of New York, Susan accepted the President's Award. She earned a BA and MA in Media Studies from the New School and lives with her husband in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43443507429465,"sku":"9781961864542","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/woFUopOcXS9781961864542.webp?v=1781783554","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/dear-missing-friend-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}