{"product_id":"time-and-tide-9780374538811","title":"Time and Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA newly reissued novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e, \"one of the most celebrated writers in the English language\" (NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As her disturbing novel clearly reveals, Edna O'Brien possesses what Henry James called an imagination for\u003cbr\u003edisaster... \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e] is an anthology of heightened moments...never less than brilliantly expressed.\"\u003cb\u003e --Joel Conarroe, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime and Tide is a fragmented novel detailing the loves and catastrophes--and catastrophic loves--of Nell, an Irish woman trying to make a life for herself in the literary world of London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA whimsical beauty who has swapped the suffocating narrowness of her native land for the loveless brutality of England (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e), Nell is in flight from bitter, controlling, and small-minded parents, yet risks becoming just such a mother to her own sons. She seeks comfort and acceptance, yet finds death, drugs, and an orgy of humiliation (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). She seeks companionship, yet finds one after another predatory man: sadists, alcoholics, unscrupulous doctors, and even child molesters. Can Nell extract from the the vast inhospitality of a creaking world some measure of beauty and grace? The answer, of course, is yes--but at the price of many illusions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Edna O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916869603509,"sku":"9780374538811","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d2dd2a63-48d1-40e2-99b0-e90e1f8642f9.jpg?v=1687272585","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/time-and-tide-9780374538811","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}