{"product_id":"we-are-not-ourselves-9781476756677","title":"We Are Not Ourselves","description":"\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2014 * \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Top 50 Fiction List for 2014 * \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Fiction Books of 2014 * \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e5 Most Important Books of 2014 * \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2014 * One of Janet Maslin's Ten Favorite Books of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e calls a \"stunning...superbly rendered\" novel, and \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e describes as \"a gripping family saga, maybe the best...since \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on how much alcohol has been consumed. From an early age, Eileen wished that she lived somewhere else. She sets her sights on upper class Bronxville, New York, and an American Dream is born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by this longing, Eileen places her stock and love in Ed Leary, a handsome young scientist, and with him begins a family. Over the years Eileen encourages her husband to want more: a better job, better friends, a better house. It slowly becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper, more incomprehensive psychological shift. An inescapable darkness enters their lives, and Eileen and Ed and their son Connell try desperately to hold together a semblance of the reality they have known, and to preserve, against long odds, an idea they have cherished of the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"A long, gorgeous epic, full of love and caring...one of the best novels you'll read this year,\" \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to our greatest desires and our greatest frailties. Through the lives of these characters, Thomas charts the story of the American Century. The result is, \"stunning...The joys of this book are the joys of any classic work of literature--for that is what this is destined to become--superbly rendered small moments that capture both an individual life and the universality of that person's experience\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476756677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Matthew Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652466667676,"sku":"9781476756677","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3d4b63f7-8d8c-4efe-ab2f-5b64baa4cc78.jpg?v=1603879846","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-are-not-ourselves-9781476756677","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}