{"product_id":"the-grandmothers-four-short-novels-9780060530112","title":"The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Here is yet more evidence that this writer of enormous insight and prodigious talent should have won the Nobel Prize decades ago.\" -- \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing's unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In \u003cem\u003eVictoria and the Staveneys\u003c\/em\u003e, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. \u003cem\u003eThe Reason for It\u003c\/em\u003e traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. \u003cem\u003eA Love Child\u003c\/em\u003e features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060530112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2005 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197297979573,"sku":"9780060530112","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1f62d041-3dd3-4b4a-a77f-78099a2ec5a9.jpg?v=1769623049","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-grandmothers-four-short-novels-9780060530112","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}