{"product_id":"family-matters-9780375703423","title":"Family Matters","description":"Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson's disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith. Sweeping and intimate, tragic and mirthful, \u003cb\u003eFamily Matters\u003c\/b\u003e is a work of enormous emotional power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRohinton Mistry was born in Bombay and now lives near Toronto. His first novel, \u003cb\u003eSuch a Long Journey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ereceived, among other awards, the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book of the Year. In 1995, \u003cb\u003eA Fine Balance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the second annual Giller Prize and, in 1996, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize for Fiction. Mistry is also the author of \u003cb\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of short stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323867205906,"sku":"9780375703423","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3adf0026-7443-4d26-a672-dea8a2304d6d.jpg?v=1727661829","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/family-matters-9780375703423","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}