{"product_id":"the-grandmothers-four-short-novels","title":"The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Here is yet more evidence that this writer of enormous insight and prodigious talent should have won the Nobel Prize decades ago.” — \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing’s unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In \u003cem\u003eVictoria and the Staveneys\u003c\/em\u003e, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. \u003cem\u003eThe Reason for It\u003c\/em\u003e traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. \u003cem\u003eA Love Child\u003c\/em\u003e features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251157713187,"sku":"9780060530112","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060530112.jpg?v=1781800884","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/the-grandmothers-four-short-novels","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}