{"product_id":"dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-9780449911594","title":"Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a\u003c\/b\u003e \"funny, heart-hammering, wise\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e portrait of a family that will remind you why \"to read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love\" (PEOPLE).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memories--some painful--which hold them together despite their differences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[In \u003ci\u003eDinner at the Homesick Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power.\" --John Updike, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, [and] strewn with the banana peels of love.\" --\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Tyler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Reader's Circle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.30w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449911594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e73925 \/ Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44147448086573,"sku":"9780449911594","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_c9c90d1c-7a9e-4c54-8a50-ccb0684a8e49.jpg?v=1757185543","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-9780449911594","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}