{"product_id":"9780140144086","title":"The Other Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e“An elegant and moving generational saga . . . Satisfying and emotionally rich.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Both Ellen and Vincent left Ireland in the early part of this century, one bitterly escaping shame, humiliation, and fear; the other filled with hope for the promise and future of America—the “other side.” Together for more than sixty years, they raised a family, savored their dreams, comforted, challenged, and defied one another. Their desires and fears are manifested in the generations that follow—children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, each carrying as a legacy of the past, the need to find a true place in the family and in the world at large.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As she writes of passage and change, of the struggle of generations to find a common ground, Mary Gordon reveals that the dramas wrought by social and cultural forces can be resolved only in the realm of the heart. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Epic in scope . . . The best of Mary Gordon’s fine books.” – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022437597424,"sku":"9780140144086","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140144086_p0.jpg?v=1763641803","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140144086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}