{"product_id":"morningside-heights-9780525566632","title":"Morningside Heights","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice Book - When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976, she follows in a long tradition of young people determined to take the city by storm. But when she falls in love with and marries Spence Robin, her hotshot young Shakespeare professor, her life takes a turn she couldn't have anticipated.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirty years later, something is wrong with Spence. The Great Man can't concentrate; he falls asleep reading \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. With their daughter, Sarah, away at medical school, Pru must struggle on her own to care for him. One day, feeling especially isolated, Pru meets a man, and the possibility of new romance blooms. Meanwhile, Spence's estranged son from his first marriage has come back into their lives. Arlo, a wealthy entrepreneur who invests in biotech, may be his father's last, best hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMorningside Heights \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping and compassionate novel about a marriage surviving hardship. It's about the love between women and men, and children and parents; about the things we give up in the face of adversity; and about how to survive when life turns out differently from what we thought we signed up for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOSHUA HENKIN \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSwimming Across the Hudson \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book), \u003ci\u003eMatrimony \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book), and \u003ci\u003eThe World Without You \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the 2012 Edward Lewis Wallant Award for American Jewish Fiction and a finalist for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award). He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and directs the MFA program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387950993682,"sku":"9780525566632","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a94066c5-189b-4d11-9099-fd9cc7f07e2e.jpg?v=1728884680","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/morningside-heights-9780525566632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}