{"product_id":"the-last-laugh-9781250182104","title":"The Last Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty new novel about three self-proclaimed \"old bags\" who run off to a Greek island\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince their children left home, Ruth, Dania, and Bess have grown used to living wonderfully free lives. Only now they're beset by children again--this time, their grandchildren. In order to escape, they decide to run away to Greece together for a year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, settled on a glorious island, barefoot and contented, they think they've rediscovered the wheel. But then things begin to go awry. Dionysus, a local poet, takes up with Bess, at least until his wife gets wind of things. Dania, a therapist, is being stalked by one of her patients. And Ruth's ex-lover turns up out of the blue, closely followed by the man who lost Bess her fortune. It doesn't help when the children and grandchildren also start turning up whenever they feel like it. As Bess writes in one of Ruth's weekly \"Granny   Go Go\" columns, this is not an \u003ci\u003eEnchanted April\u003c\/i\u003e sort of year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLynn Freed's previous novels have received rave reviews everywhere from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Makes us laugh while packing, finally, a punch\"), to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Deeply absorbing and ambitious . . . Astonishingly vivid\"). In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e she returns with a beautifully written and funny novel about money, sex, friendship, and the pleasures and perils of children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250182104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Lynn Freed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273727865013,"sku":"9781250182104","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5769dc4b-b374-4dec-b70e-ab7f8eee8ffc.jpg?v=1718082229","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-laugh-9781250182104","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}