{"product_id":"9781429939225","title":"Better Homes \u0026 Husbands: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e980 Park, a fictional, pre-war co-op on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street, houses the rich and famous-Sidney Sapphire, the blonde anchorwoman of ABC News, Angela Somoza, the gorgeous Nicaraguan jet-setter, Bob Horowitz, the former chairman of the United Jewish Appeals, and the usual collection of banking and industrial CEO's, Wall Street magnates, and white-haired philanthropists.  The Brooklyn-born doorman, Vinnie Ferretti, joins the ranks when he becomes a major fashion designer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe building's board, rich as clotted cream, sips gin in the afternoons and devises ways to keep out anyone deemed \"inappropriate.\"  Stifled resentments come to a head when the French baroness in the penthouse dies, and two Jewish families in the building suspect the co-op board of more discrimination with regard to prospective buyers than might be legal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetter Homes and Husbands is a stylish, richly woven novel about class and caste feuds, played out with ferocity and etiquette in a posh New York apartment building during the tumultuous period of social change between 1970 and 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154254971120,"sku":"9781429939225","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429939225_p0.jpg?v=1769901994","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429939225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}