{"product_id":"the-last-laugh-9781250182104","title":"The Last Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty new novel about three self-proclaimed \"old bags\" who run off to a Greek island\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince their children left home, Ruth, Dania, and Bess have grown used to living wonderfully free lives. Only now they're beset by children again--this time, their grandchildren. In order to escape, they decide to run away to Greece together for a year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, settled on a glorious island, barefoot and contented, they think they've rediscovered the wheel. But then things begin to go awry. Dionysus, a local poet, takes up with Bess, at least until his wife gets wind of things. Dania, a therapist, is being stalked by one of her patients. And Ruth's ex-lover turns up out of the blue, closely followed by the man who lost Bess her fortune. It doesn't help when the children and grandchildren also start turning up whenever they feel like it. As Bess writes in one of Ruth's weekly \"Granny   Go Go\" columns, this is not an \u003ci\u003eEnchanted April\u003c\/i\u003e sort of year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLynn Freed's previous novels have received rave reviews everywhere from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Makes us laugh while packing, finally, a punch\"), to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Deeply absorbing and ambitious . . . Astonishingly vivid\"). In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e she returns with a beautifully written and funny novel about money, sex, friendship, and the pleasures and perils of children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Freed\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHome Ground, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of short stories, and essay collections. Her honors include the inaugural Katherine Anne Porter Award for fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two PEN\/O. Henry awards, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Born in South Africa, she now lives in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333796958482,"sku":"9781250182104","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b71aada5-4d8d-4db1-b506-8fd5a1cd8923.jpg?v=1727877613","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-laugh-9781250182104","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}