{"product_id":"paradise-park-paperback","title":"Paradise Park - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllegra Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections \u003cb\u003eTotal Immersion\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Family Markowitz\u003c\/i\u003e, and her celebrated first novel, \u003cb\u003eKaaterskill Falls\u003c\/b\u003e, which was a national bestseller and a \u003ci\u003eNational Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e finalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Boston--and her estranged family--or listen to that little voice inside herself. The voice that asks: \"How come Gary got to pursue his causes, while all I got to pursue was him?\" Thus, with an open heart, a soul on fire, and her meager possessions (a guitar, two Indian gauze skirts, a macram  bikini, and her grandfather's silver watch) Sharon begins her own spiritual quest. Ever the optimist, she is sure at each stage that she has struck it rich \"spiritually speaking\"--until she comes up empty. Then, in a karmic convergence of events, Sharon starts on the path home to Judaism. Still, even as she embraces her tradition, Sharon's irrepressible self tugs at her sleeve. Especially when she meets Mikhail, falls truly in love at last, and discovers what even she could not imagine--her destiny.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, and her celebrated first novel, Kaaterskill Falls, which was a national bestseller and a \"National Book Award finalist. \u003cbr\u003eAbandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Boston--and her estranged family--or listen to that little voice inside herself. The voice that asks: \"How come Gary got to pursue his causes, while all I got to pursue was him?\" Thus, with an open heart, a soul on fire, and her meager possessions (a guitar, two Indian gauze skirts, a macrame bikini, and her grandfather's silver watch) Sharon begins her own spiritual quest. Ever the optimist, she is sure at each stage that she has struck it rich \"spiritually speaking\"--until she comes up empty. Then, in a karmic convergence of events, Sharon starts on the path home to Judaism. Still, even as she embraces her tradition, Sharon's irrepressible self tugs at her sleeve. Especially when she meets Mikhail, falls truly in love at last, and discovers what even she could not imagine--her destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllegra Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Chalk Artist, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, Paradise Park, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Kaaterskill Falls \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e and has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Awards \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has written two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTotal Immersion \u003c\/i\u003eand a novel for younger readers, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Island. \u003c\/i\u003eHer essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, The Jewish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar. \u003c\/i\u003eRaised in Honolulu, Goodman studied English and philosophy at Harvard and received a PhD in English literature from Stanford. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award, the Salon Award for Fiction, and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced study. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is writing a new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.21 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158042509375,"sku":"9780385334181","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/GJCBCrxLVW9780385334181.webp?v=1776986462","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/paradise-park-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}