{"product_id":"family-and-friends-anita-brookner-9780679781646","title":"Family and Friends","description":"In an ambitious departure from her usual form, Anita Brookner expands her canvas in \u003ci\u003eFamily and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e to create a richly textured novel about the life of a wealthy Jewish family in London, focusing on the generation that came to maturity between the two World Wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presiding over the Dorn household is the formidable Sofka, an elegant and circumspect widow who watches as her four children find their way into adulthood. Frederick, the sybaritic eldest son, escapes to the comforts of the Riviera while stern, dutiful Alfred runs the family business and burns with unrealized longings; Betty--pleasure-loving, vain, and selfish--makes her ambitious way from Paris to Hollywood, leaving her dreamy, passive sister Mimi to languish at home. A brilliant social novel of lost innocence and the complex nature of family bonds, \u003ci\u003eFamily and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e meticulously portrays the emotional cost of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Brookner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679781641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679781646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.57d","brand":"Anita Brookner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994878148863,"sku":"9780679781646","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43ee39e2-38d9-403c-b8fe-e8275f9fffbd.jpg?v=1683332701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-and-friends-anita-brookner-9780679781646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}