{"product_id":"9781471127380","title":"Elizabeth Strout - The Burgess Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Elizabeth Strout. Themes include Fiction, Sagas, Literary, Family Life, Siblings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Burgess Boys:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA stunning story about the tragedies and triumphs of two brothers, from the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e. Exploring the ties that bind us to family and home, this novel will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'This is as much a state-of-the-nation novel as one of small-town life. Elizabeth Strout has written a novel that makes you feel: this is what it's like to be alive.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown for New York as soon as they could. Jim, a successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, something that Bob, a legal aid attorney who idolises Jim, has always taken in his stride.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But when their sister desperately calls them back home to Shirley Falls to help her teenage son out of trouble, long-buried tensions begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Elizabeth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStrout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Astonishingly good' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'So good it gave me goosebumps.'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own.' \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Strout's prose propels the story forward with moments of startlingly poetic clarity.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58421256192374,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781471127380.jpg?v=1786183662","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781471127380","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}