{"product_id":"life-without-children-stories-9780593300589","title":"Life Without Children: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Doyle] imparts a sense of poignancy and glimpses of happiness, of grief and loss and small moments of connection . . . you're left feeling close to dazzled.\" --Daphne Merkin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories, from the Booker Prize-\u003cb\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same. But living under lockdown, it changes us alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these ten beautifully moving short stories written mostly over the last year, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle paints a collective portrait of our strange times. A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks him to question his next move. An exhausted nurse struggles to let go, having lost a much-loved patient in isolation. A middle-aged son, barred from his mother's funeral, wakes to an oncoming hangover of regret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with Doyle's signature warmth, wit, and extraordinary eye for the richness that underpins the quiet of our lives, \u003ci\u003eLife Without Children\u003c\/i\u003e cuts to the heart of how we are all navigating loss, loneliness, and the shifting of history underneath our feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593300589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.06w x 0.47d","brand":"Roddy Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589541662901,"sku":"9780593300589","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31ce653f-1fc0-4455-b1d5-29b9c0282770.jpg?v=1673326686","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-without-children-stories-9780593300589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}