{"product_id":"a-good-hard-look","title":"A Good Hard Look","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHello Beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDear Edward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a novel set in Flannery O'Connor's hometown of Milledgeville, and a tragedy that forever alters the town and the author herself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wholly believable world shaped by duty, small pleasures, and fateful choices.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced by illness to leave behind a successful life in New York, literary icon Flannery O'Connor has returned to her family farm in the small town of Milledgeville, Georgia. With her health and time both limited, all she wants is to be left alone to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Flannery's plans are soon upended by Melvin Whiteson, a banker from Manhattan who has recently married the town belle. Melvin is at loose ends with his new life; though he has every opportunity, he's not sure where to begin. Flannery knows exactly what she wants, but is running out of time. Through their unusual and clandestine friendship, both will come to reflect on the decisions they have made and the paths they have chosen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary history and fiction gracefully intersect in this emotionally charged novel of small town Southern life from one of our most beloved novelists, which asks us all to consider how we can live our lives to the fullest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish date - 2012 - paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53109345452342,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-3076.jpg?v=1760733917","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/a-good-hard-look","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}