{"product_id":"the-view-from-castle-rock-9781400077922","title":"The View from Castle Rock","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"revelatory\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe)\u003c\/i\u003e, \"exhilarating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of twelve stories that \"[redraw] the boundaries between fiction and memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), from Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Slate, Rocky Mountain News, New York, The Kanas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young boy, taken to Edinburgh's Castle Rock to look across the sea to America, catches a glimpse of his father's dream. Scottish immigrants experience love and loss on a journey that leads them to rural Ontario. Wives, mothers, fathers, and children move through uncertainty, ambivalence, and contemplation in these stories of hopes, adversity, and wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe View from Castle Rock \u003c\/i\u003ereveals what is most essential in Munro's art: her compassionate understanding of ordinary lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400077922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice Munro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197300437173,"sku":"9781400077922","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e32a057a-aafb-4426-83c6-5af1688d4d79.jpg?v=1769623063","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-view-from-castle-rock-9781400077922","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}