{"product_id":"house-of-happy-endings-9780374531584","title":"House of Happy Endings","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward Garis, creator of the famed Uncle Wiggily series, along with his wife, Lilian, were phenomenally productive writers of popular children's series--including \u003ci\u003eThe Bobbsey Twins \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTom Swift--\u003c\/i\u003efrom the turn of the century to the 1950s. In a large, romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, Leslie Garis, her two brothers, and their parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created nonstop. But inside The Dell--where Robert Frost often sat in conversation over sherry, and stories appeared to spring from the very air--all was not right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Garis's inability to match his parents' success in his own work as playwright, novelist, and magazine writer led to his conviction that he was a failure as father, husband, and son, and eventually deepened into mental illness characterized by raging mood swings, drug abuse, and bouts of debilitating and destructive depression. \u003ci\u003eHouse of Happy Endings \u003c\/i\u003eis Leslie Garis's mesmerizing, tender, and harrowing account of coming of age in a wildly imaginative, loving, but fatally wounded family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2008 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leslie Garis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38606619771061,"sku":"9780374531584","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5edfda3a-a186-44da-a4a9-7e9dd18d1f7c.jpg?v=1614085634","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/house-of-happy-endings-9780374531584","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}