{"product_id":"9798896362166","title":"A Family Across Town: My Father's Double Life, A Memoir","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAskanas, Aynah V.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShe Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers drawn to complex family narratives, a contemporary memoir about uncovering a life-altering family secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Family Across Town\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir about secrecy,  legacy, and the long shadow of a father’s hidden life. Aynah Askanas and her siblings grew up in a Los Angeles suburb with a pediatrician father whose frequent absences were explained away as \"hospital emergency calls.\" Only in adulthood did they learn the truth: for decades, their father had maintained a second family across town.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith that revelation, the fragments of their childhood fell into place--their father’s missed holidays, secret phone calls, and irrational refusal to bring them to hospital and office social gatherings where colleagues knew only his other family. All were part of a carefully managed double life. Living on the inside of this secret took a toll. Their father endured constant anxiety and dependence on sleeping pills. Their mother struggled with depression as she navigated a relationship built on deception. The siblings carried the emotional consequences into adulthoods marked by insomnia, anxiety, and a persistent sense of something perverse being withheld.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA powerful, clear-eyed, and compassionate memoir, \u003ci\u003eA Family Across Town\u003c\/i\u003e examines what children absorb when truth is concealed and what it takes to reckon with the past after deep-rooted secrets emerge. ","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203233853695,"sku":"9798896362166","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9798896362166_s600x595.jpg?v=1780677872","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9798896362166","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}