{"product_id":"strangers-a-family-romance-9780811215305","title":"Strangers: A Family Romance","description":"A delightful and elegant literary memoir about the Scottish novelist's eccentric family. Selected as a \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and shortlisted for the prestigious Scottish Saltire Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary memoir by Emma Tennant, the Scottish novelist whose eccentric family is described here in a pristine and elegant style. The story begins in 1912, as the world is about to break into war. Emma's grandmother, the dreamy and beautiful Pamela, maintains an ongoing feud with Emma's great-aunt Margot (wife of Britain's Prime Minister). Pamela's son Bim dies on the Somme, and his sacrifice is accepted as if death lies in the faint outline of garden where it merges with rushes and reedbeds. Gradually, we encounter Emma herself, a lonely child left at the enormous family estate, Glen, during World War II, witnessing the mysterious comings and goings of her extended family including her aunt, the wayward, thrice-married Clare. Deeply evocative and atmospheric, and written with stunning detail, \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e is, as \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e explains: a historical chronicle but also a reverie on where you put your family inside yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811215305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 6.38w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/06\/2003 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2003 pg. 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emma Tennant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774090866869,"sku":"9780811215305","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/strangers-a-family-romance-9780811215305","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}