{"product_id":"double-happiness-9780802170743","title":"Double Happiness","description":"Best-selling author Mary-Beth Hughes delivers a seductive, deeply human, and sophisticated collection about the universal need to be loved, and the complicated imperfections that jeopardize the ties that bind us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eDouble Happiness \u003c\/i\u003eare extraordinary portrayals of the ordinariness of life. By pinpointing those moments of discord when personal needs and morality clash with circumstances beyond our control, Hughes challenges our concepts of responsibility, trust, resilience, and betrayal. In \"Pelican Song,\" a thirty-year-old modern dancer who moonlights as a movie-ticket taker visits her parent's picturesque home to discover that her stepfather has begun mistreating her too-accommodating mother; \"Horse\" follows maladjusted honeymooners in Atlantic City whose romantic weekend is saved from emotional catastrophe by a horse that refuses to dive from its pedestal into the ocean; and a holiday in New York City turns from shopping sprees to a young girl's sharp discovery of her father's secret life in \"Rome.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an elegant blend of humor and pathos, Hughes captures the turning points in relationships that make us wonder how well we really know those we love. \u003ci\u003eDouble Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing meditation on the fragility of contentment and the lengths we must go to in order to sustain it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2010 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2010 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2010 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2010 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2010 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary-Beth Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38013005988021,"sku":"9780802170743","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_43b72513-70c1-4c63-8222-270d6603921a.jpg?v=1609138864","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/double-happiness-9780802170743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}