{"product_id":"second-hand-9780393342918","title":"Second Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last, the novel for everyone who has ever loved something secondhand--the \u003cem\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/em\u003e of garage sales, the \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e of thrift shopping, \u003cem\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/em\u003e of the flea market. Richard owns a secondhand store (Satori Junk) just outside Detroit. He's the kind of guy for whom not much happens, until it happens all at once: his mother dies. He rummages his parents' basement for good junk and finds (alongside every purse my mother has ever owned since the Fifties) a box of photos that changes his view of everything. He falls apart over his mother's notes on his favorite meal in an old cookbook. He meets Theresa, a fellow hipster, a thrift-attired junk goddess who shares his feeling for castaways, and he falls for her--hard. Along the way he acquires some junk wisdom about love and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard's inimitable, hilarious, philosophical, self-deprecating, yearning voice, and his sharp and loving eye for common foibles and unexpected virtues make for a comic novel crammed full of surprise and pleasure. \u003cem\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/em\u003e is peppered with insight as unpretentious and satisfying as the unexpected garage sale find. Junk, Richard tells us, has taught me that to find new use for an object discarded is an act of glistening purity. I have learned that a camera case makes a damn fine purse or that 40 copies of 'Herb Alpert \u0026amp; the Tijuana Brass's Whipped Cream and Other Delights' may be used to cover a wall of a bedroom...Junk has taught me that all will come to junk eventually, and much sooner than you think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Zadoorian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393342918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZadoorian, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Zadoorian\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of three novels, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Leisure Seeker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/em\u003e, and a story collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he lives with his wife in a 1937 bungalow filled with cats and objects that used to be in the houses of other people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40808608268403,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b32724f0-8426-473a-9988-b485c2870d9c.jpg?v=1683031860","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/second-hand-9780393342918","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}