{"product_id":"the-truth-of-the-matter-9780316013307","title":"The Truth of the Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgnes Scofield, the heroine of Dew's lovely, low-key period piece, can join Mrs. Ramsay and Mrs. Bridge at the tea table of exquisitely etched literary matrons. A respectable Ohio widow with three grown children, Agnes is beginning to carve out an independent middle-aged life for herself (which includes a secret lover) when, in 1947, her children all suddenly return to town. They have full lives of their own but take for granted that Mother will always put supper on the table and never step outside her role as self-sacrificing, sexless matriarch. Dew's achievement is to capture both Agnes' ambivalence about these demands and the dignity in her struggle to meet them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robb Forman Dew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.52w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316013307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2006 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobb Forman Dew\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For the past thirty years she has lived in Williamstown, MA, where she lives with her husband, who is professor of history at Williams College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Dew is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDale Loves Sophie to Death\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Her Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFortunate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Evidence Against Her\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Truth of the Matter\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41142612066419,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_52ad4616-b486-4bac-90c3-0e205279d714.jpg?v=1701875863","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-truth-of-the-matter-9780316013307","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}