{"product_id":"a-dangerous-age-9781616203795","title":"A Dangerous Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the times.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women in the Hand family are no strangers to either controversy or sadness. Those traits seem, in fact, to be a part of their family's heritage, one that stretches back through several generations and many wars. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Age\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the strength of these women and of the bonds of blood and shared loss that hold them together. Louise, Winifred, and Olivia are reconnecting the pieces of their lives and rediscovering love, but each is unwittingly on a collision course with a seemingly distant war that is really never more than a breath away. By turns humorous and heartbreaking, this finely honed novel about the centuries-old struggle for women who are left to carry on with life when their men go off to war is by a writer the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e says \"should be declared a national cultural treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Gilchrist\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eVictory Over Japan, \u003c\/i\u003e is the author of more than twenty books, including novels, short stories, poetry, and a memoir. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527977636114,"sku":"9781616203795","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30840c62-439a-4a04-a72f-41585e6b35c1.jpg?v=1731319834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-dangerous-age-9781616203795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}