{"product_id":"this-close-9781555976361","title":"This Close","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Close\u003c\/i\u003e, a graceful, moving new collection by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*An NPR and \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow close can we come to love, success, happiness, forgiveness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn older woman, irritated with her wealthy young neighbor's yard \"improvements,\" offers a corner of her lawn to a Croatian immigrant who wants a vegetable garden. A recent college graduate living in New York City finds himself in a strangely entangled friendship with his dry cleaner and her son. A daughter accompanies her father to Israel, where, seeing a new side of him away from her mother, she makes an unusual bargain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough thirteen stories, some stand-alone, others woven with linked characters, Kane questions the tensions between friendship and neighborliness, home and travel, family and ambition. In writing filled with wit and humor and incredible poignancy, she deftly reveals the everyday patterns that, over time, can swerve a life off course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.21h x 5.59w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/21\/2013 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jessica Francis Kane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51708010365109,"sku":"9781555976361","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cce4ed57-0c32-4c5c-83bb-be2e5b5f0a0f.jpg?v=1757397044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-close-9781555976361","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}