{"product_id":"a-patchwork-planet-9780449003985","title":"A Patchwork Planet","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e - T\u003cb\u003ehe beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other people's mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut for eleven years now, he's been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who can't move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, the Gaitlins (of \"old\" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnaby's former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didn't show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is no one like Anne Tyler, with her sharp, funny, tender perceptions about how human beings navigate on a puzzling planet, and she keeps us enthralled from start to finish in this delicious new novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449003985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/07\/1999 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Tyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040179028149,"sku":"9780449003985","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_104bd308-b763-45b0-ac7c-4b22fc56721d.jpg?v=1689086325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-patchwork-planet-9780449003985","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}