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Far more complicated is the question that has repercussions for everyone connected to them - their spouses, their children, their friends: Will they or won't they stay together?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49943888331025,"sku":"CIN0395924898VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50960814211345,"sku":"CIN0395924898G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53008776266001,"sku":"NIN9780395924891","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0395924898.jpg?v=1751228964"},{"product_id":"gus-in-bronze-book-alexandra-marshall-9780395924907","title":"Gus in Bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this \"straight-to-the-gut\" (Publishers Weekly) novel is strong, lovely Augusta--Gus--wife and mother of three children, who is dying of cancer. In her last weeks she sits for a sculptor capturing her spirit in bronze--a brave final gesture for her young family. \"Above all, this poetic story is about the small, strange, and important ways people have of expressing love\" (Christian Science Monitor).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49952912933137,"sku":"CIN0395924901G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52735287623953,"sku":"NIN9780395924907","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0395924901.jpg?v=1751103496"},{"product_id":"court-of-common-pleas-book-alexandra-marshall-9780395967942","title":"The Court of Common Pleas","description":"Marshall has the essential novelist s gift, the creation of vivid characters, said the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times. \u003c\/i\u003eIn her new novel, she has again created a cast both real and vibrant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At sixty-three, Judge Gregory Brennan is on the brink of retirement. With his youngest daughter headed for college, he envisions traveling abroad, basking in a repose that his demanding career has not allowed, with his wife, Audrey, at his side. But Audrey has other ambitions. At forty-nine, she sees the mythic empty nest as an opportunity to explore her own potential as a medical student. When Audrey reveals her plans, Gregory is overwhelmed, and he emotionally retreats, causing a rift that neither one of them ever anticipated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marshall has been praised for her insight into the complexities of modern marriage, capturing it as an institution about competing needs and shifting wants (Baltimore Sun). In \u003ci\u003eThe Court of Common Pleas\u003c\/i\u003e, marriage is not unlike the general trial court where Gregory presides. But the ruling in Gregory and Audrey s own case remains to be seen. Can their disparate life plans be mediated and their differences reconciled? 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Marshall weaves in her husband's hidden family history, one tied to Boston's wealthy social scene and the deaths of notorious Black Sun publisher Harry Crosby and Tim's aunt Josephine Rotch Bigelow. By allowing readers to experience these distinct periods of time in great detail, Marshall illuminates the toxic effects of denial across classes and generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Marshall moves on with her life, now a novelist and young widow, she must navigate her way in the '70s publishing world with the guidance of her friend Philip Roth, while still processing the grief of losing her husband. Decades later, Marshall finds herself in the footprints of her past, journeying to Ghana and reuniting with a royal Queen-Mother and the steadfast community that offered her its support decades earlier. 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