{"product_id":"the-obriens-9780307744388","title":"The O'Briens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe O'Briens \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable saga of love, loss, and change spanning half a century in the lives of a restless patriarch and his splendid, tragic, ambitious clan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Joe O'Brien--backwoods boy, railroad magnate, brooding soul--Peter Behrens gives us a fiercely compelling man who exchanges isolation and poverty in the Canadian wilds for a share in the dazzling possibilities and consuming sorrows of the twentieth century. When Joe meets Iseult Wilkins in Venice-by-the-Sea, California, their courtship becomes the first movement in a symphony of the generations. \u003ci\u003eThe O'Briens\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a marriage and a family moving through the turbulence of history, told with epic precision and wondrous imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Behrens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.23w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307744388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2013 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Behrens\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Dreams \u003c\/i\u003e(which received Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and was published around the world to wide acclaim) and \u003ci\u003eNight Driving, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of short stories. His stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTin House. \u003c\/i\u003eHonors he has received include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University's Creative Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44185076334707,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":24.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3981db35-f591-45b4-a28c-5c7e06a52eee.jpg?v=1767099571","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-obriens-9780307744388","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}