{"product_id":"9780007161324","title":"The Lucky Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about creating and sustaining life during times of great transformation. The five people whose lives converge here are also haunted by family — the longing for love, the struggle to connect.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A young pregnant mother wrestles with utterly changed circumstances; a new father searches for a sign of the man he used to be; a daughter yearns for a lost childhood; and a mother reaches out in bewilderment to a child she can't fully understand. Accidental connections and overlapping relationships build a complex family portrait: all are linked by the elemental impact of children on adult lives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This profound evocation of family and its magnetic bonds reveals the mysterious forces that separate us from those we love and bind us to what we no longer understand. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e will stop you cold with its startling precision and power. Demonstrating a rare gift for illuminating \"the bustling concourses of life\" without sacrificing emotional depth or complexity, this rare and stunning novel confirms Rachel Cusk's place among our most incisive writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rachel Cusk is the Whitbread Award–winning author of\u003ci\u003e Saving Agnes, The Temporary, The Country Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work,\u003c\/i\u003e her memoir about motherhood. She has been selected among \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's Best British Novelists of the Decade, and lives in Somerset, England. \u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011085254896,"sku":"9780007161324","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780007161324_p0.jpg?v=1763615813","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780007161324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}