{"product_id":"nothing-is-quite-forgotten-in-brooklyn-9780061430558","title":"Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author Alice Mattison, \"a charmer\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) whose \"voice is like that of no one else writing today\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e)--comes a profoundly moving meditation on love, friendship, and the unforgotten past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne quiet spring day in 1989, Constance Tepper arrives from Philadelphia to watch over her mother's Brooklyn apartment and her orange cat. Con's mother, Gert, has left town to visit her old friend Marlene Silverman in Rochester. Marlene has always seemed alluring and powerful to Con, and ever since Con was a little girl, the long-standing bond between Gert and Marlene has piqued her curiosity. Now she finds herself wondering again what keeps them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCon's week in Brooklyn will take a surprising turn when she wakes to find that someone has entered her mother's apartment and her own purse is missing. Stranded, with no money, she begins to phone family and friends. By the end of that week, she will experience a series of troubling discoveries about her marriage, her job, and her family's history, and much of her life will be changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 2003, now living in Brooklyn and working as a lawyer, Con has almost forgotten that strange and shattering week. But a series of unsettling reminders and surprising discoveries--including traces of a lost elevated train line through Brooklyn--will lead to grief, love, and more questions. At last, a confrontation between Marlene and Con's daughter will unravel some of the mysteries of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Mattison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 6.28w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061430558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Connecticut Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/07\/2008 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 776\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2008 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMattison, Alice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Mattison is the award-winning author of four story collections and five novels, including \u003cem\u003eNothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches fiction in the graduate writing program at Bennington College in Vermont and lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39959042719859,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6f4d2fbb-e4e0-4ae8-a1ea-76b87afb0ede.jpg?v=1648740280","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/nothing-is-quite-forgotten-in-brooklyn-9780061430558","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}