{"product_id":"amy-and-isabelle-9780375705199","title":"Amy and Isabelle","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge \u003c\/i\u003eevokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother, and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's secrets. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore there was \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle\u003c\/i\u003e... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. That they eat, sleep, and work side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls--a location fans of Strout will recognize from her critically acclaimed novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys\u003c\/i\u003e--only increases the tension. And just when it appears things can't get any worse, Amy's sexuality begins to unfold, causing a vast and icy rift between mother and daughter that will remain unbridgeable unless Isabelle examines her own secretive and shameful past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Reader's Guide is included in this powerful first novel by the author who brought \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e to millions of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16156146\"\u003eElizabeth Strout\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.15w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375705199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375705198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC021000\"\u003eMedia Tie-In\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIZABETH STROUT \u003c\/b\u003eis the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eOlive, Again, \u003c\/i\u003ean Oprah's Book Club pick; \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Story Prize; \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Lucy Barton, \u003c\/i\u003elonglisted for the Man Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Burgess Boys, \u003c\/i\u003enamed one of the best books of the year by\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand NPR; \u003ci\u003eAbide with Me, \u003c\/i\u003ea national bestseller; and \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eArt Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eHeartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702454456557,"sku":"9780375705199","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c0ccb05e-6dd3-4d00-93fb-622ff6648815.jpg?v=1747449889","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/amy-and-isabelle-9780375705199","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}