{"product_id":"a-perfectly-good-family-9780061239496","title":"A Perfectly Good Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the death of her worthy liberal parents, Corlis McCrea moves back into her family's grand Reconstruction mansion in North Carolina, willed to all three siblings. Her timid younger brother has never left home. When her bullying black-sheep older brother moves into \"his\" house as well, it's war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach heir wants the house. Yet to buy the other out, two siblings must team against one. Just as in girlhood, Corlis is torn between allying with the decent but fearful youngest and the iconoclastic eldest, who covets his legacy to destroy it. \u003cem\u003eA Perfectly Good Family\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning examination of inheritance, literal and psychological: what we take from our parents, what we discard, and what we are stuck with, like it or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lionel Shriver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061239496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShriver, Lionel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLionel Shriver\u003c\/strong\u003e has published many novels, a collection of essays, and a column in the S\u003cem\u003epectator \u003c\/em\u003esince 2017, and her journalism has been featured in publications including, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. The outdated meritocracy of intellectual achievement has made her a bestselling author multiple times and accorded her awards, including the Orange Prize, but she accepts that all of these accidental accolades are basically meaningless. She lives in Portugal and Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088184574067,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_077cf773-2ec4-476d-b722-4826a0ee7eea.jpg?v=1748973281","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-perfectly-good-family-9780061239496","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}