{"product_id":"lake-life-9781476730004","title":"Lake Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Heaven of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, called \"a wise debut...beautiful  stories] with a rogue touch\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a sweeping, domestic novel about a family that reunites at their North Carolina lake house for one last vacation before the home is sold--and the long-buried secrets that are finally revealed. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Starling family is scattered across the country. Parents Richard and Lisa live in Ithaca, New York, and work at Cornell University. Their son Michael, a salesperson, lives in Dallas with his elementary school teacher wife, Diane. Michael's brother, Thad, an aspiring poet, makes his home in New York City with his famous painter boyfriend, Jake. For years they've traveled to North Carolina to share a summer vacation at the family lake house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat tradition is coming to an end, as Richard and Lisa have decided to sell the treasured summer home and retire to Florida. Before they do, the family will spend one last weekend at the lake. But what should to be a joyous farewell takes a nightmarish turn when the family witnesses a tragedy that triggers a series of dramatic revelations among the Starlings--alcoholism, infidelity, pregnancy, and a secret the parents have kept from their sons for over thirty years. As the weekend unfolds, relationships fray, bonds are tested, and the Starlings are forced to reckon with who they are and what they want from this life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in today's America, \u003ci\u003eLake Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully rendered, emotionally compelling novel in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen's \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Strout's \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ann Patchett's \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoissant, David James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David James Poissant is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heaven of Animals: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, in print in five languages, winner of the GLCA New Writers Award and a Florida Book Award, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and longlisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e One Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous anthologies including \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Best New American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Experimental Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of scholarships and fellowships from the Bread Loaf, Sewanee, Tin House, Wesleyan, and Longleaf writers' conferences, he teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Florida and lives in Orlando with his wife and daughters. \u003ci\u003eLake Life\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902305407250,"sku":"9781476730004","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dd8d078-4ceb-41f8-9580-959d5849cff5.jpg?v=1738451981","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lake-life-9781476730004","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}