{"product_id":"2940169498370","title":"The Awkward Age","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible. It's genius really, when you think about it. It's the perfect sabotage.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Francesca Segal is precise and funny, and \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e is brimming with keen observations of the highest order-the clever, the sore, and the sublime.\" -Emma Straub, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e­-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eModern Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vacationers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen,  didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098043728112,"sku":"2940169498370","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169498370_p0.jpg?v=1763684375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169498370","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}