{"product_id":"2940169061871","title":"Golden Age: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume, following \u003ci\u003eSome Luck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEarly Warning, \u003c\/i\u003eof her acclaimed American trilogy\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003ea richly absorbing new novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethat brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lot can happen in one hundred years, as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as \u003ci\u003eGolden Age,\u003c\/i\u003e its final installment, opens in 1987, the next generation of Langdons face economic, social, political-and personal-challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael and Richie, the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes world of government and finance in Washington and New York, but they soon realize that one's fiercest enemies can be closest to home; Charlie, the charming, recently found scion, struggles with whether he wishes to make a mark on the world; and Guthrie, once poised to take over the Langdons' Iowa farm, is instead deployed to Iraq, leaving the land-ever the heart of this compelling saga-in the capable hands of his younger sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to evade disaster, for the planet and her family, Felicity worries that the farm's once-bountiful soil may be permanently imperiled, by more than the extremes of climate change. And as they enter deeper into the twenty-first century, all the Langdon women-wives, mothers, daughters-find themselves charged with carrying their storied past into an uncertain future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, \u003ci\u003eGolden Age \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of this unforgettable family-and the dynamic times in which they've loved, lived, and died: a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of American storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097689899248,"sku":"2940169061871","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169061871_p0.jpg?v=1763759015","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169061871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}