{"product_id":"2940150936164","title":"Love and Death in a Perfect World","description":"Everyone wants a piece of Rosemary Ellis. Her husband, her high-maintenance kid, her pregnant friend, the neighbor with the scary husband, the lonely guy with cancer, the local water-fight forces. Of course she should give all she has to give. It's what women do, right? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith stark insight and wry humor, Love and Death in a Perfect World follows the arc of a modern woman's life from tender adolescence to hard-edged middle age, offering a fresh, honest look at women's lives today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a backdrop of birth and death, financial turmoil, and environmental clashes, Love and Death in a Perfect World explores deep questions about human nature and modern life: How do we find connection in fractured middle-class America? How do we navigate a world that does not behave as promised? And where do we find the strength to rebuild our lives when expectations are shattered and the \"wrong\" people win? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerber delivers a richly textured yet unsentimental portrait of a family that keeps on keeping on, and of a woman who expects to \"live in the light\" but must instead fight to find her own light in the darkness of everyday life.","brand":"Terra Nova Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112746991856,"sku":"2940150936164","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150936164_p0.jpg?v=1763756832","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150936164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}