{"product_id":"a-widows-story-9780062020505","title":"A Widow's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e is the universally acclaimed author's poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels (\u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gravedigger's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Bird of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary memoir on a par with \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin's \u003cem\u003eAbout Alice\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Joyce Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830464446738,"sku":"9780062020505","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b2c5be3-c5e9-4c47-b908-a1e5b253e8f4.jpg?v=1767002677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-widows-story-9780062020505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}