{"product_id":"that-old-cape-magic-9781400030910","title":"That Old Cape Magic","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e delivers his most intimate novel yet: \"An astute portrait of a 30-year marriage, in all its promise and pain.... His honest, heartfelt storytelling--like a cooling breeze off a certain New England shoreline--has never felt fresher\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Griffin, all paths, all memories, converge at Cape Cod. The Cape is where he took his childhood summer vacations, where he and his wife, Joy, honeymooned, where they decided he'd leave his LA screenwriting job to become a college professor, and where they celebrated the marriage of their daughter Laura's best friend. But when their beloved Laura's wedding takes place a year later, Griffin is caught between chauffeuring his mother's and father's ashes in two urns and contending with Joy and her large, unruly family. Both he and she have also brought dates along. How in the world could this have happened? By turns hilarious, rueful, and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eThat Old Cape Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly involving novel about marriage, family, and all the other ties that bind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Richard Russo's new book, \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, coming soon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD RUSSO is the author of nine novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eChances Are..., Everybody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat Old Cape Magic;\u003c\/i\u003e two collections of stories; and the memoir \u003ci\u003eElsewhere.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls, \u003c\/i\u003e which, like \u003ci\u003eNobody's Fool, \u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a multiple-award-winning miniseries; in 2017, he received France's Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Port­land, Maine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504352989458,"sku":"9781400030910","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47bcc8d0-dae0-4e67-bb1d-372a2c90dc4f.jpg?v=1730817410","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/that-old-cape-magic-9781400030910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}