{"product_id":"2940170349692","title":"Swell: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty years after \u003ci\u003eFrom Rockaway\u003c\/i\u003e (\"A great first novel\" amp;ndash; \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e), Jill Eisenstadt returns with a darkly funny new work of fiction that exposes a city and a family at their most vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sue Glassman's family needs a new home, Sue relents, after years of resisting, and agrees to convert to Judaism. In return, Sue's father-in-law, Sy, buys the family amp;ndash; Sue, Dan, and their two daughters amp;ndash; a capacious but ramshackle beachfront house in Rockaway, Queens, a world away from the Glassmans' cramped Tribeca apartment. The catch? Sy is moving in, too.  \u003ci\u003eAnd\u003c\/i\u003e the house is haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the weekend of Sue's conversion party, ninety-year-old Rose, who (literally) got away with murder on the premises years earlier, shows up uninvited. Towing a suitcase-sized pocketbook, having escaped an assisted living facility in Forest Hills, Rose seems intent on moving back in. Enter neighbor Tim amp;ndash; formerly Timmy (see \u003ci\u003eFrom Rockaway\u003c\/i\u003e), a former lifeguard, former firefighter, and reformed alcoholic amp;ndash; who feels, for reasons even he can't explain, inordinately protective of the Glassmans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The collective nervous breakdown occasioned by Rose's return swells to operatic heights in a novel that charms and surprises on every page as it unflinchingly addresses the perils of living in a world rife with uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Hachette Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100593832176,"sku":"2940170349692","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170349692_p0.jpg?v=1763708323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170349692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}