{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-happiness-9781439199121","title":"The Pursuit of Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis international bestseller tells the \"romantic, sweeping\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) love story of Sara and Jack as they learn to understand their differences in postwar New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eManhattan, Thanksgiving eve, 1945. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The war is over, and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara, an independent, outspoken young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. And then in walked Jack Malone, a US Army journalist just back from a defeated Germany, a man whose world view was vastly different than that of Eric and his friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This chance meeting between Sara and Jack and the choices they both made in the wake of it would eventually have profound consequences, both for themselves and for those closest to them for decades afterwards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set amidst the dynamic optimism of postwar New York and the subsequent nightmare of the McCarthy era, \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a great, tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices and the random workings of destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439199121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2010 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Kennedy is the author of several novels, including the international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Moment \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFive Days\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages, and in 2007 he received the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He divides his time among London, New York, and Montreal, and has two children. Find out more at DouglasKennedyNovelist.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44707457138803,"sku":"9781439199121","price":41.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_032ccd46-9aae-45f1-bc63-1c110d7fd8af.jpg?v=1775840155","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-pursuit-of-happiness-9781439199121","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}