{"product_id":"9781555848507","title":"Yesterday's Weather","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eActress\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a collection of sharp, unpredictable short fiction about people struggling to connect in an increasingly disconnected world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYesterday’s Weather\u003c\/i\u003e shows us a rapidly changing Ireland, a land of family and tradition, but also, increasingly, of organic radicchio, cruise-ship vacations, and casual betrayals. An artisan farmer seethes at the patronage of a former Catholic-school classmate, now a successful restaurateur; a bride cheats on her rich husband with an old college friend—a madman who refuses his pills, disappears for weeks on end, and plays the piano like a dream. These and other stories make up a volume that is “astonishing: moving, emotionally accurate, sly, and laugh-out-loud funny” (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A dazzling collection.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133511385328,"sku":"9781555848507","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555848507_p0.jpg?v=1763757221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555848507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}