{"product_id":"a-dangerous-age-paperback","title":"A Dangerous Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Gilchrist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the times.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The women in the Hand family are no strangers to either controversy or sadness. Those traits seem, in fact, to be a part of their family's heritage, one that stretches back through several generations and many wars. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Age\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the strength of these women and of the bonds of blood and shared loss that hold them together. Louise, Winifred, and Olivia are reconnecting the pieces of their lives and rediscovering love, but each is unwittingly on a collision course with a seemingly distant war that is really never more than a breath away. By turns humorous and heartbreaking, this finely honed novel about the centuries-old struggle for women who are left to carry on with life when their men go off to war is by a writer the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e says \"should be declared a national cultural treasure.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the times.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women in the Hand family are no strangers to either controversy or sadness. Those traits seem, in fact, to be a part of their family's heritage, one that stretches back through several generations and many wars. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Age\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the strength of these women and of the bonds of blood and shared loss that hold them together. Louise, Winifred, and Olivia are reconnecting the pieces of their lives and rediscovering love, but each is unwittingly on a collision course with a seemingly distant war that is really never more than a breath away. By turns humorous and heartbreaking, this finely honed novel about the centuries-old struggle for women who are left to carry on with life when their men go off to war is by a writer the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e says \"should be declared a national cultural treasure.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gilchrist rides the tension--between seeing events and motivations clearly and becoming clouded by personal and material concerns--on a perfect edge . . . [She] raises a multitude of issues in her novel . . . but the overriding questions here are about this war . . . about our motivations, our best interests, our moral and spiritual obligations.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ellen Gilchrist has helped define Southern writing . . . [She] has shown herself especially skilled at capturing the texture of women's lives, and this novel is no different . . . \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Age\u003c\/i\u003e brings into stark relief some of the difficulties facing the United States, and does it with Gilchrist's effective forthrightness.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gilchrist can create wonderful female characters, contemporary women who come alive on the page and linger long after the book is over.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The writing is polished; all her details matter.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Gilchrist] gives this novel a humanity easily embraced by the reader. [Her] trademark supple prose and droll sense of humor are on full display.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Gilchrist\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eVictory Over Japan, \u003c\/i\u003e is the author of more than twenty books, including novels, short stories, poetry, and a memoir. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247554150649,"sku":"9781616203795","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R3NlYy91bVNjK01QUDNvMjVhZTVIQT09.webp?v=1768626698","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-dangerous-age-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}