{"product_id":"a-gate-at-the-stairs-9780375708466","title":"A Gate at the Stairs","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From \"one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9\/11.... Moore has written her most powerful book yet.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLORRIE MOORE is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, as well as the PEN\/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her achievement in the short story. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565769658642,"sku":"9780375708466","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e283f831-5e49-4865-a4a5-7de355807029.jpg?v=1731888249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-gate-at-the-stairs-9780375708466","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}