{"product_id":"like-life-9780375719165","title":"Like Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e comes \"a brilliant collection\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e) of eight exquisite stories of men and women stumbling through their daily existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLike Life, \u003c\/i\u003eLorrie Moore's men and women, unsettled and adrift and often frightened, can't quite understand how they arrived at their present situations. Harry has been reworking a play for years in his apartment near Times Square in New York. Jane is biding her time at a cheese shop in a Midwest mall. Dennis, unhappily divorced, buries himself in self-help books about healthful food and healthy relationships. One prefers to speak on the phone rather than face his friends, another lets the answering machine do all the talking. But whether rejected, afraid to commit, bored, disillusioned or just misunderstood, even the most hard-bitten are not without some abiding trust in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLORRIE MOORE is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, as well as the PEN\/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her achievement in the short story. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491700904210,"sku":"9780375719165","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5eb7ebe-e7cb-448f-8d8b-a8d7e8110382.jpg?v=1730550678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/like-life-9780375719165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}