{"product_id":"perfect-life-9780393304596","title":"Perfect Life","description":"In this smart and engaging follow-up to her well-received debut, The Hazards of Good Breeding, Shattuck focuses on three privileged Gen X college roommates who are now grown up, coupled up, and raising kids in pre-recession Boston. The cracks in their perfect lives begin to show when the most precocious of the trio, a gorgeous striver named Jenny whose husband is infertile, makes the unconventional decision to have a baby with a sperm donation from Neil, her brainy, slacker ex-boyfriend from Harvard. . . . Stylish storytelling and sharp social commentary . . . make Perfect Life both topical and eminently readable. People\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShattuck, Jessica:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJessica Shattuck\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Women in the Castle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hazards of Good Breeding\u003c\/em\u003e (a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book and finalist for the PEN\/Winship Award), and \u003cem\u003ePerfect Life\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e among others. A graduate of Harvard University, she received her MFA from Columbia University. Shattuck now lives with her husband and three children in Brookline, MA.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410877190418,"sku":"9780393304596","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e907c744-3da3-4fe8-8a6b-b5c3017a0565.jpg?v=1729309154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/perfect-life-9780393304596","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}