{"product_id":"the-amateur-marriage","title":"The Amateur Marriage - A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • \u003cb\u003eF\u003cb\u003erom the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author\u003cb\u003e—a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage and   its consequences, spanning three generations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They seemed like the perfect couple—young,   good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern   Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked   into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War   II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding,   cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally   ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs.   In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost   thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom   they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences.   Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the   unyielding Michael, they become unbearable.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the sound of the cash register   in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts   to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances   of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page   brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness,   we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this   wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230045929760,"sku":"9780345470614","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780345470614.jpg?v=1770852717","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-amateur-marriage","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}