{"product_id":"this-not-about-us-fiction-9780593447840-new","title":"This Is Not about Us: Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family--steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving--from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIsola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wise, witty . . . a deliciously readable book [about] the delicate minutiae of family life, played beautifully, boldly, brightly in a major key.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Goodman's mature and deftly written book suggests that, in family as in art, there is no such thing as uncomplicated happiness.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWas this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubinstein family, it could go either way.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives--divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals--their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not About Us, \u003c\/i\u003e master storyteller Allegra Goodman--whose prior collection was heralded as \"one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e)--returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not About Us\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters--a big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DIAL PR","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51573316059426,"sku":"9780593447840-new","price":23.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780593447840.jpg?v=1777332609","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/this-not-about-us-fiction-9780593447840-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}