{"product_id":"the-distinguished-guest-paperback","title":"The Distinguished Guest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Miller depicts [her characters] with grace and elegance, enriching their perceptions with strands of connecting images and intertwined history. . . . A very moving book.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling author Sue Miller comes the poignant story of a mother and son that touches on the deepest concerns about love, art, family, and life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLily Maynard is proud, chilly, difficult, and has become a famous writer at age seventy-two. Now, stricken with Parkinson's disease and staying with her architect son Alan, Lily must cope with her fading powers as well as with disturbing memories of the events that estranged her from her children and ended her marriage. For Alan, her visit raises old questions about his relationship with her, about the choices he has made in his own life, and about the nature of love, disappointment, and grief. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfound and deeply affecting, \u003cem\u003eThe Distinguished Guest\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a family trying to understand the meaning of its life together, while confronting inevitable loss and the vision of an immeasurably altered future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692843798591,"sku":"9780062973498","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/afc8165de87a962aabe7fc3bf67301f1.webp?v=1764996820","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-distinguished-guest-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}