{"product_id":"better-homes-husbands-valerie-ann-leff-9780312330637","title":"Better Homes \u0026 Husbands","description":"\u003cp\u003e980 Park, a fictional, pre-war co-op on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street, houses the rich and famous-Sidney Sapphire, the blonde anchorwoman of ABC News, Angela Somoza, the gorgeous Nicaraguan jet-setter, Bob Horowitz, the former chairman of the United Jewish Appeals, and the usual collection of banking and industrial CEO's, Wall Street magnates, and white-haired philanthropists. The Brooklyn-born doorman, Vinnie Ferretti, joins the ranks when he becomes a major fashion designer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe building's board, rich as clotted cream, sips gin in the afternoons and devises ways to keep out anyone deemed \"inappropriate.\" Stifled resentments come to a head when the French baroness in the penthouse dies, and two Jewish families in the building suspect the co-op board of more discrimination with regard to prospective buyers than might be legal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetter Homes and Husbands is a stylish, richly woven novel about class and caste feuds, played out with ferocity and etiquette in a posh New York apartment building during the tumultuous period of social change between 1970 and 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Ann Leff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312330634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312330637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.61h x 5.58w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 72","brand":"Valerie Ann Leff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974491132159,"sku":"9780312330637","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00f8722d-a526-4581-a41e-c683fdbae572.jpg?v=1750875188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/better-homes-husbands-valerie-ann-leff-9780312330637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}