{"product_id":"9781480445468","title":"The Peaceable Kingdom : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEleven \"impeccably crafted, painfully hilarious\" tales of innocence lost and families in search of connection from the New York Times-bestselling author (San Francisco Chronicle).\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e A reluctant trophy wife on her Italian honeymoon; a young woman in love with her sister's dead boyfriend; a lonely puppeteer flirting with the hostess of a children's party; a teenage girl traveling to Paris with her father and, unexpectedly, his young girlfriend. Francine Prose's characters inhabit a world of rich emotion and startling clarity, searching for connection in a world full of surprise and humor; they travel, love, break up, and start again. Even their animal companions—a gecko rescued from a wild party, a dog who bites a bride, a hamster who dies unexpectedly and sends a family on a journey to give it a proper funeral—shine with the emotional complexity and sly satire that make Prose's work such a joy to experience.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003e In this collection, the New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist demonstrates the craft, humor, and piercing human insight that make her, in the words of Gary Shteyngart \"one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48935613595883,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":34.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781480445468-1.jpg?v=1783110300","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781480445468","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}