{"product_id":"dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-9780449911594","title":"Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a\u003c\/b\u003e \"funny, heart-hammering, wise\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e portrait of a family that will remind you why \"to read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love\" (PEOPLE).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memories--some painful--which hold them together despite their differences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[In \u003ci\u003eDinner at the Homesick Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power.\" --John Updike, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, [and] strewn with the banana peels of love.\" --\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, \u003ci\u003eA Spool of Blue Thread, \u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel, \u003ci\u003eBreathing Lessons, \u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625530757394,"sku":"9780449911594","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bab2d27c-0ac7-439b-ad5b-8a9f3f7b8c91.jpg?v=1732631391","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-9780449911594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}