{"product_id":"our-kind-of-people-9780525540021","title":"Our Kind of People","description":"\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e will love this exuberant novel of manners for our own gilded age (Stacy Schiff, author of \u003ci\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e) as we follow the Wilcox family's journey through riches and ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmong New York City's Gilded Age elite, one family will defy convention.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Wilcox has one desire: to successfully launch her daughters into society. From the upper crust herself, Helen's unconventional--if happy--marriage has made the girls' social position precarious. Then her husband gambles the family fortunes on an elevated railroad that he claims will transform the face of the city and the way the people of New York live, but will it ruin the Wilcoxes first? As daughters Jemima and Alice navigate the rise and fall of their family--each is forced to re-examine who she is, and even who she is meant to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Marry an English Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, an inspiration for \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a charming and cutthroat tale of a world in which an invitation or an avoided glance can be the difference between fortune and ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525540021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.57w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carol Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574592381109,"sku":"9780525540021","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f61b4cdf-f177-48cf-883d-79353cfc6e81.jpg?v=1643696451","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-kind-of-people-9780525540021","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}