{"product_id":"9780812984552","title":"The Family Markowitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK • From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chalk Artist,\u003c\/i\u003e this beloved collection of linked stories is “one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this beloved collection of linked short stories, Allegra Goodman writes with wit and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes: Rose, the displaced, cantankerous matriarch; her devoted son, Henry, an aesthete living abroad; his younger brother, Ed, a Georgetown scholar specializing in terrorism; Ed’s wife, Sarah, a housewife with stalled literary ambitions; and their eldest daughter, Miriam, whose budding Orthodoxy bewilders her parents. Through the rhythm of ordinary family rituals—weddings, holiday dinners, hospital vigils—Goodman breathes extraordinary life into a cast of characters who reverberate with authenticity and never fail to speak their minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These stories sound like no one else’s. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Entertaining . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz \u003c\/i\u003ehas great consistency and charm.”\u003cb\u003e—Claire Messud, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A revelation . . . Goodman’s prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind.”\u003cb\u003e—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . [Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Funny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book.”\u003cb\u003e—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026587369712,"sku":"9780812984552","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812984552_p0.jpg?v=1763743950","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812984552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}