{"product_id":"9781250055361","title":"Someone","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ordinary life-its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion-lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman: this is the subject of \u003ci\u003eSomeone\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice McDermott's extraordinary \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe first glimpse Marie Commeford as a child: a girl in thick glasses observing her pre-Depression world from a Brooklyn stoop. Through her first heartbreak and eventual marriage; her delicate brother's brief stint as a Catholic priest and his emotional breakdown; her career as a funeral director's \"consoling angel\"; the deaths of her parents and the births of her children-we follow Marie through the changing world of the twentieth century and her Irish-American enclave. Rendered with remarkable empathy and insight, \u003ci\u003eSomeone\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived, with passion and heartbreak, a crowning achievement of one of the finest American writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044661608688,"sku":"9781250055361","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250055361_p0.jpg?v=1763762737","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250055361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}