{"product_id":"back-when-we-were-grownups-paperback-by-anne-tyler","title":"Back When We Were Grownups Paperback by Anne Tyler","description":"\n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAnchor Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-06-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780385692083\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 208.66 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20.32 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this razor-sharp novel, Anne Tyler explores unsettling questions of love, loss, identity and family, and moving with breathtaking assurance between heartbreak and hilarity, asks us all to consider: Can one ever recover the person one has left behind?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Rebecca first met Joe Davitch at an engagement party at his family home, he was a man of the world, a divorceé with three young daughters. It wasn't long before Rebecca was swept into the Davitch orbit: marrying Joe, becoming the de facto proprietress of his family's business--the Open Arms--and hosting lavish celebrations at the crumbling nineteenth century Davitch home. Six years into their marriage, Rebecca is widowed by Joe's death in a car accident, but nevertheless carries on fulfilling her duties as hostess, mother, and caretaker. \u003cbr\u003e     Now fifty-three, Rebecca wakes up one morning realizing she's an imposter in her own life. Was she always called to this vocation of outgoing and joyous celebrator? Would she have been a different person if she had married her high school sweetheart back when she was a serious scholar? Was she meant to be someone else?\u003cbr\u003e     Candid and contemplative, \u003ci\u003eBack When We Were Grownups\u003c\/i\u003e is one woman's rumination into the roads we leave behind as we move forward with life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, \u003ci\u003eA Spool of Blue Thread,\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel, \u003ci\u003eBreathing Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    ","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44913171136673,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780385692083","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780385692083.jpg?v=1745868918","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/back-when-we-were-grownups-paperback-by-anne-tyler","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}