{"product_id":"the-three-of-us-paperback-by-julia-blackburn","title":"The Three of Us Paperback by Julia Blackburn","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\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2009-07-14)\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\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780307278937\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.21 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\u003eThis is the moving story of three people: acclaimed writer Julia Blackburn; her father,  Thomas—a poet and alcoholic with an addiction to barbiturates; and her mother,  Rosalie—a flirtatious painter with no boundaries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Striking.... Colored by passion and memory.... [Blackburn] artfully smudges the line between memoir and reportage.” —Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Julia's parents divorced,  her mother took in male lodgers with the hope they would become her lovers. When  one of the lodgers began an affair with Julia, competitive Rosalie was devastated;  he later committed suicide, shattering whatever relationship between mother and daughter  remained. After thirty years, Rosalie, diagnosed with leukemia, came to live with  Julia for the last month of her life. Only then were they allowed, at long last,  to exist with an ease they had never known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJulia Blackburn is the author of seven books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eOld Man Goya, \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and \u003ci\u003eWith Billie, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award; and of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Color\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Leper’s Companions, \u003c\/i\u003eboth of which were short-listed for the Orange Prize.  She lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552651497633,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780307278937","price":28.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780307278937.jpg?v=1781712013","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-three-of-us-paperback-by-julia-blackburn","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}