{"product_id":"crooked-little-heart-a-novel","title":"Crooked Little Heart: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lamott, Anne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e ANCHOR BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Deckle Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-05-1998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e Refer to Sapnet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nWith the same winning combination of humor and honesty that marked her recent nonfiction bestsellers, Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott's new novel gives us an exuberant, richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her stepfather, a struggling writer, is wrestling with his own demons. And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own...\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\n\"Pulses with an emotional generosity that is rare.\"-\u003cbr\u003e\nSan Francisco Chronicle\"Eloquent, detailed, emotionally honest... Lamott deserves praise for telling it like it is.\"-\u003cbr\u003e\n People\"Crooked Little Heart... incapacitated me for several days.  I could do little else but move from one reading post to another throughout my house and yard, and follow the continuing story of Rosie Ferguson in the summer of her 13th year.... The writing is threaded with precise imagery, tenderness, and high humor.\"-\u003cbr\u003e\nL.A. Weekly\"Lamott's descriptive talents are considerable and... consistently evocative. \u003cbr\u003e\nCrooked Little Heart is likely to win [her] the huge and appreciative audience her masterful fiction demands.\" -\u003cbr\u003e\n Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Inside Flap      \u003cbr\u003e\ne winning combination of humor and honesty that marked her recent nonfiction bestsellers, Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott's new novel gives us an exuberant, richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her stepfather, a struggling writer, is wrestling with his own demons. And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCrooked Little Heart asks big questions in intimate ways: What keeps a family together? What are the small heartbreaks that tear at the fabric of our lives? What happens to grief when it goes underground? And what road\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Back Cover      \u003cbr\u003e\nWith the same winning combination of humor and honesty that marked her recent nonfiction bestsellers, Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott's new novel gives us an exuberant, richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\nRosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her stepfather, a struggling writer, is wrestling with his own demons. And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Crooked Little Heart asks big questions in intimate ways: What keeps a family together? What are the small heartbreaks that tear at the fabric of our lives? What happens to grief when it goes underground? And what road must we walk with our flawed and crooked hearts?\u003cbr\u003e\nBrilliantly written, inhabited by superbly realized characters, funny and human and wonderfully suspenseful, \"Crooked Little Heart is Anne Lamott writing at the peak of her considerable powers.\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nAnne Lamott is the \u003cbr\u003e\nNew York Times bestselling author of \u003cbr\u003e\nHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; \u003cbr\u003e\nSome Assembly Required; \u003cbr\u003e\nGrace (Eventually); \u003cbr\u003e\nPlan B; \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385491808\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANCHOR BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50145496662320,"sku":"Trans_9780385491808","price":900.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71G8tQRzsbL.jpg?v=1757937087","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/crooked-little-heart-a-novel","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}