{"product_id":"family-markowitz-book-allegra-goodman-9780812984552","title":"The Family Markowitz","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK * From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chalk Artist,\u003c\/i\u003e this beloved collection of linked stories is \"one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this beloved collection of linked short stories, Allegra Goodman writes with wit and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes: Rose, the displaced, cantankerous matriarch; her devoted son, Henry, an aesthete living abroad; his younger brother, Ed, a Georgetown scholar specializing in terrorism; Ed's wife, Sarah, a housewife with stalled literary ambitions; and their eldest daughter, Miriam, whose budding Orthodoxy bewilders her parents. Through the rhythm of ordinary family rituals--weddings, holiday dinners, hospital vigils--Goodman breathes extraordinary life into a cast of characters who reverberate with authenticity and never fail to speak their minds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"These stories sound like no one else's. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Entertaining . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz\u003c\/i\u003e has great consistency and charm.\"\u003cb\u003e--Claire Messud, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A revelation . . . Goodman's prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"One of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . [Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Funny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538681897233,"sku":"GOR013738224","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50559305974033,"sku":"CIN0812984552VG","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51423752552721,"sku":"CIN0812984552G","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812984552.jpg?v=1775728898","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/family-markowitz-book-allegra-goodman-9780812984552","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}