{"product_id":"9780007548323","title":"We Are Not Ourselves","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Thomas, Matthew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 5 March 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 640 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 198 x 45 | 444g\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDNOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZENAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A stunning, heartbreaking debut – ‘We Are Not Ourselves’ is both the intimate story of a family and an epic of the American Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eileen Leary wants more. Raised in a downtrodden area of new York by hard-drinking, Irish immigrant parents, she dreams of another life: a better job, a bigger house, more respectable friends, a happy family. When she meets Ed Leary, a brilliant young scientist, she thinks she’s found the perfect partner to pursue and share her American Dream with. An indefatigable love enters Eileen’s life – but so too does a pervasive darkness and a loss that will last a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas, Matthew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666423812280,"sku":"9780007548323","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780007548323.jpg?v=1734744700","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780007548323","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}