{"title":"Jessica Shattuck","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"last-house-a-novel","title":"Last House: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A richly detailed, slow-burning family saga distinguished by incisive psychological insight and masterful research. . . Shattuck is such a good writer, giving us swaths of cultural and historical background as gracefully and intelligently as she parses the emotional depths of her characters. Every note in the novel rings clear and true.”  — Kate Christensen, New York Times Book Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle comes a sweeping story of a nation on the rise, and one family’s deeply complicated relationship to the resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy, a gripping work of historical fiction perfect for fans of The Dutch House and Great Circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every comfort for his family and achieve his own American dream, including Last House, a secluded country escape. Deep in the Vermont mountains, the Taylors are free from the stresses of modern life. Bet doesn’t have to worry about the Russian H-bombs that haunt her dreams, and the children roam free in the woods. Last House is a place that could survive the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s 1968, and America is on the brink of change. Protestors fill the streets to challenge everything from the Vietnam War to racism in the wake of MLK’s shooting—to the country's reliance on Big Oil. As Katherine makes her first forays into adult life, she’s caught up in the current of the time and the 1960s counterculture, and struggles to reconcile her ideals with the stable and privileged childhood her Greatest Generation parents worked so hard to provide. But when the Movement shifts in a more radical direction, each member of the Taylor family will be forced to reckon with the consequences of the choices they’ve made for the causes they believed in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning multiple generations and nearly eighty years, Last House is a compelling multi-generational saga that tells the story of one American family during an age of grand ideals and even greater downfalls. Set against the backdrop of our nation’s history, this is an emotional tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, family secrets, and what we owe each other—and captures to stunning effect the gravity of time, the double edge of progress, and the hubris of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Shattuck","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53138435375395,"sku":"9780062979902","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53497268306211,"sku":"9780062979896","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062979902.jpg?v=1741110310"},{"product_id":"the-women-in-the-castle-a-novel","title":"The Women in the Castle: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  •  FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE NEW CHAPTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoodReads Choice Awards Semifinalist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Moving . . . a plot that surprises and devastates.\"—New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterful epic.\"—People magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mesmerizing . . . The Women in the Castle stands tall among the literature that reveals new truths about one of history’s most tragic eras.\"—USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined—an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive historical novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise she made to her husband’s brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Marianne rescues six-year-old Martin, the son of her dearest childhood friend, from a Nazi reeducation home. Together, they make their way across the smoldering wreckage of their homeland to Berlin, where Martin’s mother, the beautiful and naive Benita, has fallen into the hands of occupying Red Army soldiers. Then she locates Ania, another resister’s wife, and her two boys, now refugees languishing in one of the many camps that house the millions displaced by the war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Marianne assembles this makeshift family from the ruins of her husband’s resistance movement, she is certain their shared pain and circumstances will hold them together. 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