{"product_id":"apologize-apologize-9780446406154","title":"Apologize, Apologize!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut novel about the family that puts the personality in disorder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eApologize, Apologize \u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the perversely charmed world of the Flanagans and their son, Collie (who has the questionable good fortune to be named after a breed of dog). Coming of age on Martha's Vineyard, he struggles to find his place within his wildly wealthy, hyper-articulate, resolutely crazy Irish-Catholic family: a philandering father, incorrigible brother, pigeon-racing uncle, radical activist mother, and domineering media mogul grandfather (accused of being a murderer by Collie's mother). It is a world where chaos is exhilaratingly constant, where money is of no object. And yet it is a world where the things Collie wants-understanding, stability, a sense of belonging-cannot be bought for any price. Through his travails, we realize what it really means to grow up and also to grow into one's family: finding to find ways to see them anew, to forgive them, and to be forgiven in turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In prose that is lively, humorous, and brilliant throughout, Elizabeth Kelly gives us the dysfunctional-family novel to end all dysfunctional-family novels, finding the comedy and pathos in her characters' struggles, and showing beautifully how a family's love can be as trying as it is true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446406154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Elizabeth Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38349704200373,"sku":"9780446406154","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4ef2a142-5fdc-4367-82f9-537456324631.jpg?v=1611641798","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/apologize-apologize-9780446406154","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}