{"product_id":"final-payments-9780307276780","title":"Final Payments","description":"When Isabel Moore's father dies, she finds herself, at the age of thirty, suddenly freed from eleven years of uninterrupted care for a helpless man. With all the patterns of her life suddenly rendered meaningless, she turns to childhood friends for support, gets a job, and becomes involved with two very different men. But just as her future begins to emerge, her past throws up a daunting challenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving story of self-reinvention, \u003ci\u003eFinal Payments\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless exploration of the nature of friendship, desire, guilt, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Gordon is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSpending\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinal Payments\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Man\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Lila Wallace--Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844275015954,"sku":"9780307276780","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d78270d8-dc90-4a08-8e6d-1ed8f940bf5e.jpg?v=1737315556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/final-payments-9780307276780","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}