{"product_id":"9781890447632","title":"Living Room: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“[A] riveting debut novel . . . Unsentimental yet deeply felt, this tale examines what bubbles under the surface of a supposedly happy Long Island family” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The follow-up to her highly praised debut story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe First Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Sherman’s \u003ci\u003eLiving Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and disarmingly direct portrait of a family in trouble. With the tone of a modern-day Jewish \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/i\u003e set in Long Island, imbued with Alice Munro’s fascination with personal history, \u003ci\u003eLiving Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep exploration of the ripple effects of mental illness on a family, as well as a look at generational differences in mating and marriage, and a wry, wise look at suburban angst.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The fractured lives of three generations of women told with zero sentimentality and a huge amount of heart. \u003ci\u003eLiving Room\u003c\/i\u003e is edgy, moving, smart, funny and altogether human. Rachel Sherman is the real deal.” —Dani Shapiro, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sherman turns her unflinching, unsentimental eye once again on deepest suburbia, where personal history festers rather than heals. [\u003ci\u003eLiving Room\u003c\/i\u003e] hums along, its heavier moments tempered with plenty of dark humor and incisive language; but it’s the intimate character sketches that truly resonate.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e (New York)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Often praised for her lack of sentimentality, Sherman doesn’t hesitate to capture her characters’ weird, unbecoming thoughts . . . Her writing lends itself to the form: her story structures tight as fists, her prose terse and unadorned.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153942724848,"sku":"9781890447632","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781890447632_p0.jpg?v=1763607821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781890447632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}