{"product_id":"burgess-boys","title":"Burgess Boys","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Lucy Barton \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"a portrait of an American community in turmoil that's as ambitious as Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e but more intimate in tone\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What truly makes Strout exceptional . . . is the perfect balance she achieves between the tides of story and depths of feeling.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan--the Burgess sibling who stayed behind--urgently calls them home, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed the brothers' relationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes an original essay by Elizabeth Strout about the origins of \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Strout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52150597648615,"sku":"9780812979510","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0913\/8151\/files\/9780812979510-us.jpg?v=1780422148","url":"https:\/\/neighborbookstx.com\/products\/burgess-boys","provider":"Neighbor Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}