{"product_id":"grown-ups-paperback","title":"Grown Ups - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Aubert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRosie Hedger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The perfect summer read.\" --\u003ci\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA whip-smart novel about modern motherhood and sibling rivalry, from one of Norway's rising stars--perfect for fans of Emma Straub and the films of Greta Gerwig!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExhilarating, funny, and unexpectedly devastating, \u003ci\u003eGrown Ups\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who has ever felt the fear of being overtaken by a sibling, who feels almost--but not quite--grown up, and who's struggled to navigate a new future for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ida is a forty-year-old architect, single and starting to panic. She's navigating Tinder and contemplating freezing her eggs, terrified that time has passed her by, silently, without her ever realizing it, which feels even more poignant and common in our COVID era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All she sees are other people's children, everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now stuck in the idyllic Norwegian countryside for a gathering to mark her mother's sixty-fifth birthday, Ida is regressing. She's fighting with her younger sister, Marthe, and flirting with her sister's husband. But when some supposedly wonderful news from Marthe heightens tensions further, Ida is forced to mark out new milestones of her own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARIE AUBERT made her debut in 2016 with the short story collection Can I Come Home With You, published to great acclaim in Norway. \u003ci\u003eGrown Ups \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel; it won the Young People's Critics' Prize and was nominated for the Booksellers' Prize in Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROSIE HEDGER was born in Scotland. Her translation of Gine Cornelia Pedersen's \u003ci\u003eZero \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize in 2019, and her translation of Agnes Ravatn's \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Tribunal \u003c\/i\u003ewon an English Pen Translates Award in 2016.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698196156479,"sku":"9781782277088","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/75ac8e622770c3f5989c78ce90522bd5.webp?v=1765010105","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/grown-ups-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}