{"product_id":"the-last-life-paperback","title":"The Last Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Messud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between colonial Algeria, the south of France, and New England, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Life\u003c\/em\u003e is Claire Messud's \"masterly\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) sophomore novel of lies and ghosts, love and honor. When shots from a grandfather's rifle shatter the LaBasse family's quiet integrity, long-hidden shame emerges: a son abandoned by the family before he was even born, a mother whose identity is not what she has claimed, a father whose act of defiance brings Hotel Bellevue--the family business--to its knees. Unforgettably narrated by a fifteen-year-old girl with a ruthless regard for truth, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"phenomenally controlled tour de force\" (Sarah Kerr, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Messud textures her novel with all the sensory pleasures that bind us to life, and fills it with characters who helplessly respond to each other's unspoken signals and nuances.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Original, intense, and gripping.\"--Gabriele Annan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462057148594,"sku":"9780393881790","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a479b3aa7e511bc12fa9cd8536f7604e_e1a76d1c-a2f4-41ce-bdc6-5c247d3f4265.webp?v=1778960978","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-last-life-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}