{"product_id":"available-man","title":"Available Man","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAvailable Man\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHilma Wolitzer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345527554\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBallantine Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn this tender and funny novel, award-winning author Hilma Wolitzer mines the unpredictable fallout of suddenly becoming single later in life, and the chaos and joys of falling in love the second time around. When Edward Schuyler, a modest and bookish sixty-two-year-old science teacher, is widowed, he finds himself ambushed by female attention. There are plenty of unattached women around, but a healthy, handsome, available man is a rare and desirable creature. Edward receives phone calls from widows seeking love, or at least lunch, while well-meaning friends try to set him up at dinner parties. Even an attractive married neighbor offers herself to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe problem is that Edward doesn't \u003ci\u003efeel\u003c\/i\u003e available. He's still mourning his beloved wife, Bee, and prefers solitude and the familiar routine of work, gardening, and bird-watching. But then his stepchildren surprise him by placing a personal ad in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e on his behalf. Soon the letters flood in, and Edward is torn between his loyalty to Bee's memory and his growing longing for connection. Gradually, reluctantly, he begins dating (\"dating after death,\" as one correspondent puts it), and his encounters are variously startling, comical, and sad. Just when Edward thinks he has the game figured out, a chance meeting proves that love always arrives when it's least expected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith wit, warmth, and a keen understanding of the heart, \u003ci\u003eAn Available Man\u003c\/i\u003e explores aspects of loneliness and togetherness, and the difference in the options open to men and women of a certain age. Most of all, the novel celebrates the endurance of love, and its thrilling capacity to bloom anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLook for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Funny, wise and touching.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wonderful . . . [Hilma] Wolitzer's vision of the world, for all its sorrow, is often hilarious and always compassionate.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York T\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Available Man | Hilma Wolitzer | Book | 9780345527554 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1431154","offer_id":48753913790616,"sku":"1431154","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41by48ejqLL.jpg?v=1774067699","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/available-man","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}