{"product_id":"after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","title":"After the Funeral and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships--\"a revelation for aficionados of the form, as vibrant and knowing as the best of Hadley's celebrated career.\" \u003ci\u003e--Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hadley is pure magic and \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph.\"--Lily King, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hadley brings her eloquent prose and her psychological acuity to the relationships--between siblings, friends, lovers, parents, and children--that shape us and change us, that call into question our view of ourselves and our place in the world.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Two estranged sisters cross paths at a posh hotel and pretend not to recognize each other. Janie's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janie's own age--everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Cecilia, a teenager, wakes one morning in Florence on vacation with her parents and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs psychologically astute as they are emotionally rich, these stories illuminate the enduring conflicts between responsibility and freedom, power and desire, convention and subversion, reality and dreams. A vital addition to Tessa Hadley's celebrated body of work, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases what Colm Tóibín describes as \"Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill at making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive.\"\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 07\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593469842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.66d","brand":"Tessa Hadley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112795795637,"sku":"9780593469842","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2c4739eb-0247-4cf8-b1f9-28fb0d4911b1.jpg?v=1715054205","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}