{"product_id":"this-is-not-about-us-fiction-by-goodman-allegra","title":"This Is Not about Us: Fiction by Allegra Goodman - Used","description":"\u003cp\u003eA kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family--steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving--from the bestselling author of Isola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubinstein family, it could go either way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives--divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals--their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith This Is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodman--whose prior collection was heralded as \"one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life\" (The Boston Globe)--returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This Is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters--a big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"secondchancereads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52642313601240,"sku":"9798217197903","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/7704\/9816\/files\/9798217197903.jpg?v=1791396304","url":"https:\/\/secondchancereads.com\/products\/this-is-not-about-us-fiction-by-goodman-allegra","provider":"secondchancereads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}