{"product_id":"inventing-the-abbotts-and-other-stories-9780062982056","title":"Inventing the Abbotts: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Compelling. . . . What Miller offers. . . is a distinctive sensibility--a candid exploration of the frail and gritty truths about trying to love without harm or reprisal.\"--\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this riveting collection of short stories, bestselling author Sue Miller writes compellingly about a chapter in the moral history of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fascinating stories featured in \u003cem\u003eInventing the Abbotts\u003c\/em\u003e explore the treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, a young man takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. Others concern a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity, and a stricken dowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor. In one story after another, Sue Miller presents a remarkable gallery of characters, offering insight into contemporary men and women with their hungry hearts and dismayed consciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith keen sensitivity and penetrating insight, \u003cem\u003eInventing the Abbotts\u003c\/em\u003e will strike a chord with readers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiller, Sue:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSue Miller is the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWhile I Was Gone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Distinguished Guest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFor Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFamily Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInventing the Abbotts\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Good Mother\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369206845714,"sku":"9780062982056","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35304df6-b2fd-4d3e-8434-f8a531a1751e.jpg?v=1728523276","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inventing-the-abbotts-and-other-stories-9780062982056","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}