{"product_id":"them-9780345484406","title":"Them","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If the phrase 'woman of letters' existed,  Joyce Carol Oates] would be, foremost in this country, entitled to it.\"--John Updike, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs powerful and relevant today as it was on its initial publication, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tumultuous lives of a family living on the edge of ruin in the Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 race riots. Praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e for her \"potent, life-gripping imagination,\" Joyce Carol Oates traces the aspirations and struggles of Loretta Wendall, a dreamy young mother who is filled with regret by the age of sixteen, and the subsequent destinies of her children, Maureen and Jules, who must fight to survive in a world of violence and danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling novel about love, class, race, and the inhumanity of urban life. It is, raves \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \"a superbly accomplished vision.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThem is the third novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland, \u003c\/i\u003e are also available from the Modern Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Oates is] a superb storyteller. For sheer readability, them is unsurpassed.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345484406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.36w x 1.37d","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636430106780,"sku":"9780345484406","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ddc06963-6ebd-47f9-b632-1704180efadb.jpg?v=1603841928","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/them-9780345484406","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}