{"product_id":"life-without-children-stories","title":"Life Without Children: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLife Without Children: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRoddy Doyle\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593300565\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eViking\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Doyle] imparts a sense of poignancy and glimpses of happiness, of grief and loss and small moments of connection . . . you're left feeling close to dazzled.\" --Daphne Merkin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories, from the Booker Prize-\u003cb\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same. But living under lockdown, it changes us alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these ten beautifully moving short stories written mostly over the last year, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle paints a collective portrait of our strange times. A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks him to question his next move. An exhausted nurse struggles to let go, having lost a much-loved patient in isolation. A middle-aged son, barred from his mother's funeral, wakes to an oncoming hangover of regret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with Doyle's signature warmth, wit, and extraordinary eye for the richness that underpins the quiet of our lives, \u003ci\u003eLife Without Children\u003c\/i\u003e cuts to the heart of how we are all navigating loss, loneliness, and the shifting of history underneath our feet.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Life Without Children: Stories | Roddy Doyle | Hardcover | 9780593300565 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1743614","offer_id":48199117602968,"sku":"1743614","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Life Without Children: Stories | Roddy Doyle | Hardcover | 9780593300565 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1743615","offer_id":48199117963416,"sku":"1743615","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81iF3sY8V0L.jpg?v=1772546642","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/life-without-children-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}