{"product_id":"9780395710883","title":"Old Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eTracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine. House and Among Schoolchildren were national bestsellers. Now this \"crackerjack reporter with a common touch\" (Philip Lopate, The Washington Post) has turned his talents to his most important and universal theme in this, a close-in study of old age in America. With care and exactitude, with the human compassion and humor for which he is famed, Kidder opens up a fascinating world to us that is, at the same time, foreign and compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative takes place entirely in a nursing home and focuses on two old men struggling with their circumstances, their memories, and their mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012577378544,"sku":"9780395710883","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780395710883_p0.jpg?v=1763698117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780395710883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}