{"product_id":"gone-so-long-9780393357370","title":"Gone So Long","description":"\u003cp\u003eCathartic, affirming, and steeped in the empathy and precise observations of character for which Dubus is celebrated, \u003cem\u003eGone So Long\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the wounds of the past afflict the people we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGone So Long\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting family drama about an ex-con who did time for murder, the estranged daughter he hasn't seen in forty years, and the grandmother angry enough to kill him. A profound exploration of the struggle between the selves we wish to be, and the ones--shaped by chance and circumstance, as well as character--that we can't escape, it confirms Andre Dubus's reputation as a novelist whose \"compassion is unsentimental and unblinking, total and unwavering\" (Paul Harding).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDubus, Andre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAndre Dubus III\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eGone So Long\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirty Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Last Days\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHouse of Sand and Fog\u003c\/em\u003e (a #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, Oprah's Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003cem\u003eTownie\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives with his family north of Boston.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655404228882,"sku":"9780393357370","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe5d4f94-fb0f-49be-bdb3-fdebbac74f5d.jpg?v=1733380590","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gone-so-long-9780393357370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}