{"product_id":"the-obriens-paperback","title":"The O'Briens - 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\u003ePeter Behrens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe O'Briens \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable saga of love, loss, and change spanning half a century in the lives of a restless patriarch and his splendid, tragic, ambitious clan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Joe O'Brien--backwoods boy, railroad magnate, brooding soul--Peter Behrens gives us a fiercely compelling man who exchanges isolation and poverty in the Canadian wilds for a share in the dazzling possibilities and consuming sorrows of the twentieth century. When Joe meets Iseult Wilkins in Venice-by-the-Sea, California, their courtship becomes the first movement in a symphony of the generations. \u003ci\u003eThe O'Briens\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a marriage and a family moving through the turbulence of history, told with epic precision and wondrous imagination.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Behrens\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Dreams \u003c\/i\u003e(which received Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and was published around the world to wide acclaim) and \u003ci\u003eNight Driving, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of short stories. His stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTin House. \u003c\/i\u003eHonors he has received include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University's Creative Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.01 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157755166783,"sku":"9780307744388","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/MigWl0NqnZ9780307744388.webp?v=1776984044","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-obriens-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}