{"product_id":"a-regular-guy-9780679772712","title":"A Regular Guy","description":"Mona Simpson's first two novels, \u003ci\u003eAnywhere But Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Father\u003c\/i\u003e, won her literary renown and a wide following. Now, in her third novel, the narrator Ann Atassi has been replaced by a third-person narrator recounting the adventures of young Jane di Natali, but the theme remains the same: the search for, and the attempt to understand, the absent father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis time the father is a millionaire biotechnology magnate named Tom Owens. Into Owens's charmed life comes Jane, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it; Tom is far from ready for this responsibility. Fans of Simpson's previous novels will not be disappointed by this excursion into the cracked world of family relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simpson is an attentive observer and a fluent stylist, but it is the element of subtle surprise that draws us through these pages, the magnetism of an original mind that holds us fast.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\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 10\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679772712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.55w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/1997 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2011 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mona Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44870624739509,"sku":"9780679772712","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_695e401c-5c93-42f0-8681-110f4f0b7e55.jpg?v=1733240771","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-regular-guy-9780679772712","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}