{"product_id":"the-sweetest-dream-9780060937553","title":"The Sweetest Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Lessing] is a pro, writing at the top of her powers, realistically, passionately, accessibly.... a stirring novel\"--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances Lennox stands at her stove, bringing another feast to readiness before ladling it out to the youthful crew assembled around her hospitable table--her two sons and their friends, girlfriends, ex-friends and new friends fresh off the street. It's London in the 1960s and everything is being challenged and changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what is being tolerated? Comrade Johnny delivers political tirades, then laps up the adolescent adulation before disappearing into the night to evade the clutches of his responsibilities. Johnny's mother funds all but finds she can embrace only one lost little girl--Sylvia, who leaves for a South African village dying of AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the people dreaming the Sixties into being and who, on the morning after, woke to find they were the ones taxed with cleaning up and making good.\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 12\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060937553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.28w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/29\/2002 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124358480053,"sku":"9780060937553","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6a315d6a-ef71-4ff9-98ce-b3f9c5aecd31.jpg?v=1694550486","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sweetest-dream-9780060937553","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}