{"product_id":"the-widows-children-9780393319637","title":"The Widow's Children","description":"On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Laura's flamboyant and charming brother; and Peter Rice, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasn't seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning. A novel as intense as it is unerringly observed, The Widow's Children is another revelation of the storyteller's art from the incomparable Paula Fox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393319637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.53w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/1999 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1999 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2002 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2011 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paula Fox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636890005660,"sku":"9780393319637","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_36771a5c-26c1-483f-8495-85a70f59be83.jpg?v=1603843275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-widows-children-9780393319637","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}