{"product_id":"a-woman-of-means-9780312144487","title":"A Woman of Means","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerald Dudley is an executive at a hardware company in St. Louis, living the quintessential bachelor life with his young son, Quint. He is also a man who aspires beyond his means and class. When Gerald meets the wealthy divorc?e Ann Lauterbach and the two marry, life changes irrevocably for Quint. He enters a social world of private schools and debutante balls known to him only through his father's longings. As Quint's attachment to his stepmother and her \"means\" grows, her marriage to his father begins to crumble in small, subtle ways, which ultimately leads to larger, more devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of eight story collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Old Forest and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Picador) and three novels, including\u003ci\u003e A Summons\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and\u003ci\u003e In the Tennessee Country \u003c\/i\u003e(Picador), died in 1994. A Tennessee native, he had lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife, poet Eleanor Ross Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844294643986,"sku":"9780312144487","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1a704cf-953b-4a5c-8b45-70fb624f425f.jpg?v=1737316306","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-woman-of-means-9780312144487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}