{"product_id":"the-condition-9780060755799","title":"The Condition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1976, during their annual retreat on Cape Cod, the McKotch family came apart. Now, twenty years after daughter Gwen was diagnosed with Turner's syndrome--a rare genetic condition that keeps her trapped forever in the body of a child--eminent scientist Frank McKotch is divorced from his pedigreed wife, Paulette. Eldest son Billy, a successful cardiologist, lives a life built on secrets and compromise. His brother Scott awakened from a pot-addled adolescence to a soul-killing job and a regrettable marriage. And Gwen--bright and accomplished but hermetic and emotionally aloof--spurns all social interaction until, well into her thirties, she falls in love for the first time. With compassion and almost painful astuteness, \u003cem\u003eThe Condition\u003c\/em\u003e explores the power of family mythologies--the self-delusions, denials, and inescapable truths that forever bind fathers and mothers and siblings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaigh, Jennifer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJENNIFER HAIGH is the author of the short-story collection \u003cem\u003eNews from Heaven \u003c\/em\u003eand six bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, including \u003cem\u003eMrs. Kimble, Faith\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeat and Light, \u003c\/em\u003e which was named a Best Book of 2016 by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/em\u003eand NPR. Her books have won the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction, and have been translated widely. She lives in New England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555920089362,"sku":"9780060755799","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7dc0b7e3-bff5-47c8-9ee7-4305ad734d4e.jpg?v=1731744749","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-condition-9780060755799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}