{"product_id":"ordinary-people-paperback-by-judith-guest-foreword-by-amy-bloom","title":"Ordinary People Paperback by Judith Guest; Foreword by Amy Bloom","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \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\u003ePenguin Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-11-03)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143139461\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e198.45\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.58 x 12.8 x 1.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the foremost literary bestsellers of our time, now in a 50th-anniversary edition featuring a new foreword by psychoanalyst and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novelist and memoirist Amy Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThey were a perfect family. Calvin was a successful provider and Beth a fastidious wife. They had two sons, Buck and Conrad, but now they have one.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen originally published, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary People\u003c\/i\u003e introduced an original American voice. It sold more than a million copies and inspired the 1980 Academy Award–winning movie directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton. Fifty years later, it remains an iconic novel, distinguished by Judith Guest’s ear for dialogue and her unflinching portrait of one family’s reckoning with grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Guest\u003c\/b\u003e won the Janet Heidegger Kafka Prize for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary People,\u003c\/i\u003e which was made into the Academy Award-winning 1980 film of the same name. Her other novels are \u003ci\u003eSecond Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Killing Time in St. Cloud \u003c\/i\u003e(with Rebecca Hill), \u003ci\u003eErrands\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tarnished Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. Guest lives with her family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harrisville, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48637901439137,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780143139461","price":24.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780143139461.jpg?v=1793695985","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/ordinary-people-paperback-by-judith-guest-foreword-by-amy-bloom","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}