{"product_id":"fulfillment-9780593802861","title":"Fulfillment","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGroundskeeping \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a searing family drama set in Kentucky where the homecoming of two half-brothers--successful Joel with his restless wife Alice, and struggling Emmett--ignites a clash of ambitions and desires, exposing raw truths about class, privilege, and happiness in the American South.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFulfillment\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two half brothers--Joel, a successful academic and author, whose marriage is in deep trouble, and his younger sibling Emmett, paralyzed by indecision and working on a factory assembly line--who find themselves at their family home in Kentucky and upend each other's lives in devasting ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween them is Alice, Joel's wife, a wry, passionate young woman who is being slowly asphyxiated by domestic tedium, and whose longing collides with Emmett's hunger for connection and desire to escape a sense of burgeoning failure and shame. As the chemistry between them escalates, the family is plunged into a violent crucible, each character brought to a precipice of immutable catastrophe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncisive, poignant, gorgeously written, Lee Cole has written a haunting novel about class, privilege, brotherhood, and the American South, a book that asks whether people can change, and at what cost, and what it takes to build a life of fulfillment and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593802861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.94d","brand":"Lee Cole","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316497866933,"sku":"9780593802861","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_92926729-e7b0-4b47-9c93-1f4b6db135ef.jpg?v=1745331529","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fulfillment-9780593802861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}