{"product_id":"we-had-it-so-good-9781451617450","title":"We Had It So Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback from the acclaimed author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel \u003ci\u003eThe Clothes on Their Backs\u003c\/i\u003e--a hugely satisfying, exuberant novel about the generation that came of age during the 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Newman's children find it hard to believe that their father \u003c\/i\u003eonce dressed up in Marilyn Monroe's furs, cooked acid at Oxford and lived with their mother, Andrea, in an anarchist collective.\u003c\/b\u003e Quite often, Stephen finds it hard to believe himself. Born to immigrant parents in sunny Los Angeles, Stephen never imagined that he would spend his adult life under the gray skies of London, would marry and stay married and would watch his children grow into people he cannot fathom. Over forty years he and his friends have built lives of comfort and success, until the events of late middle age and the new century force them to realize that they have always existed in a fool's paradise. Linda Grant's utterly absorbing novel about the generation that came of age during the 1970s reveals the truth about growing up and growing older and once again displays her uncanny ability to illuminate our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.27w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451617450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Grant\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and journalist. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000 and the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage in 2006. She writes for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in North London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939186536563,"sku":"9781451617450","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fd1703c8-b7a7-4c44-a1cf-cc811cc3d2ec.jpg?v=1778250610","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/we-had-it-so-good-9781451617450","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}