{"product_id":"when-we-argued-all-night-paperback-1","title":"When We Argued All Night - 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\u003eAlice Mattison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling and award-winning author Alice Mattison comes a breathtaking new novel following two best friends from Brooklyn, exploring the way in which the world and their lives change over the course of the 20th century. The deft literary touch that readers have grown to love in novels such as \u003cem\u003eNothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Book Borrower\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as story collections such as \u003cem\u003eIn Case We're Separated\u003c\/em\u003e, combine in a marvelous narrative of friendship and family, with rich, complicated characters who grow and change together over the course of seventy-five years. Fans of generational stories such as \u003cem\u003eEast of Eden\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eor novels of friendship such as \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\u003c\/em\u003e, will be swept away by the intimate beauty of Mattison's latest triumph, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Argued All Night\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo young men are swimming naked in an Adirondack lake when they hear a motor, a car appears, and two women get out, one with an orange scarf around her head. It's 1936: New York is suffering through the Great Depression, frightening things are happening in Europe, and Artie Saltzman and Harold Abramovitz, friends since their Brooklyn childhood, are unsure about everything--jobs, lefty politics, women. After this time in the mountains, nothing will be quite the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom World War II to the McCarthy-era witch hunts, through work, marriages, and life with children, Artie and Harold turn to each other, whether for solace or another good argument. And when Artie's daughter Brenda comes of age during the 1960s, her struggles with jobs, love, and friendship in yet another period of political turmoil recall Artie and Harold's youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping yet intimate novel about people who never stop loving one another despite everything life throws at them, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Argued All Night\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates a friendship over more than sixty-five years, as the twentieth century gives way to the changed yet recognizable times in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo young men are swimming naked in an Adirondack lake when they hear a motor, a car appears, and two women get out, one with an orange scarf around her head. It's 1936: New York is suffering through the Great Depression, frightening things are happening in Europe, and Artie Saltzman and Harold Abramovitz, friends since their Brooklyn childhood, are unsure about everything--jobs, lefty politics, women. After this time in the mountains, nothing will be quite the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom World War II to the McCarthy-era witch hunts, through work, marriages, and life with children, Artie and Harold turn to each other, whether for solace or another good argument. And when Artie's daughter Brenda comes of age during the 1960s, her struggles with jobs, love, and friendship in yet another period of political turmoil recall Artie and Harold's youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping yet intimate novel about people who never stop loving one another despite everything life throws at them, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Argued All Night\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates a friendship over more than sixty-five years, as the twentieth century gives way to the changed yet recognizable times in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.01 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257755877625,"sku":"9780062120373","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U9WRTQ_F8e9780062120373_f1b982bd-ddd0-4492-9a34-3a54d7eaba5e.webp?v=1768752812","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/when-we-argued-all-night-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}