{"product_id":"dutch-house-book-ann-patchett-9780062966469","title":"The Dutch House","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the\u003cbr\u003e Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New\u003cbr\u003e York Times Book Review Notable\u003cbr\u003e Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed one\u003cbr\u003e of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington\u003cbr\u003e Post; O:\u003cbr\u003e The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping,\u003cbr\u003e Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnn Patchett, the\u003cbr\u003e #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores\u003cbr\u003e the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a\u003cbr\u003e past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story\u003cbr\u003e of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of\u003cbr\u003e inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who\u003cbr\u003e we really are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the end of the Second World\u003cbr\u003e War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an\u003cbr\u003e enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous\u003cbr\u003e wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate\u003cbr\u003e in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the\u003cbr\u003e house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story is told by Cyril's son\u003cbr\u003e Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured\u003cbr\u003e Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The\u003cbr\u003e two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped\u003cbr\u003e from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this\u003cbr\u003e unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their\u003cbr\u003e futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet over the course of five\u003cbr\u003e decades, The\u003cbr\u003e Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who\u003cbr\u003e cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and\u003cbr\u003e Maeve are only truly comfortable when they're together. Throughout their lives\u003cbr\u003e they return to the well-worn story of what they've lost with humor and rage.\u003cbr\u003e But when at last they're forced to confront the people who left them behind,\u003cbr\u003e the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is\u003cbr\u003e finally tested.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49504050839825,"sku":"GOR013714570","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49676680560913,"sku":"CIN0062966464G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":49994960830737,"sku":"CIN0062966464LN","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50140333277457,"sku":"CIN0062966464VG","price":4.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343687520529,"sku":"CIN0062966464A","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999180001553,"sku":"NIN9780062966469","price":32.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062966464.jpg?v=1751069205","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/dutch-house-book-ann-patchett-9780062966469","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}