{"product_id":"was-it-beautiful","title":"Was It Beautiful?","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWas It Beautiful?\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlison McGhee\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781400051540\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBroadway Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Alison McGhee's is a novel of simple explanations, simple movement, and Faulkner's favorite, most ferocious question: Can we ever really know one another?\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McGhee has written a lovely and successful third novel. She brilliantly captures the close but guarded ties between residents of a grieving small town, and delivers dialogue with the uncommon and impressive mix of precision, poignancy, and believability.\" --\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McGhee is a beautiful writer, especially in her sense of place and her precision in describing characters.\" --\u003ci\u003eTwin Cities Pioneer Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McGhee, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shadow Baby, portrays in spare and beautiful prose a setting and community that recall the cold, hard landscapes of Richard Russo's fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eBook Page\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWas It Beautiful?\u003c\/b\u003e is a powerful and tender portrayal of loss and renewal at midlife. With singular grace and humor, Alison McGhee pays loving attention to the details of life in the Adirondacks and to the small kindnesses and idiosyncrasies that make each member of a community precious and unique.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Broadway Books","offers":[{"title":"Was It Beautiful? | Alison McGhee | Paperback | 9781400051540 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1647926","offer_id":50711352606978,"sku":"1647926","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51ymCL0zCOL.jpg?v=1791742138","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/was-it-beautiful","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}