{"product_id":"9780060530112","title":"The Grandmothers","description":"By: Doris Lessing     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Here is yet more evidence that this writer of enormous insight and prodigious talent should have won the Nobel Prize decades ago.” — \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing’s unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In \u003cem\u003eVictoria and the Staveneys\u003c\/em\u003e, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. \u003cem\u003eThe Reason for It\u003c\/em\u003e traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. \u003cem\u003eA Love Child\u003c\/em\u003e features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48094298472675,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780060530112","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780060530112.jpg?v=1770663511","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/9780060530112","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}