{"product_id":"the-responsible-party","title":"The Responsible Party","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Responsible Party\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Carusillo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250408631\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Holt and Co.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\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\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rollicking, \"unsinkable,\" (Sam Lipsyte) and hilarious debut novel about a family of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunforgettable women obsessed with securing their legacy, for fans of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire grew up with the legend of the Unsinkable Mounsey Women. Her great-great-grandmother Fanny made headlines in 1915 for washing ashore in England nearly a year after her ship sank. Fanny's daughter Sarah went to collect her mother on the equally ill-fated \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e--whose sinking she, too, survived. Their improbable endurance led to regional stardom on the Midwestern vaudeville circuit. But Claire never knew the full story--until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eListless, jobless, and recently canceled for extolling skin-care advice online that sent a reader to the hospital, Claire is surprised when a knock at the door turns out to be the police, looking for answers about a murder from the 1970s they suspect her mother, Kath, may know something about. As the cops zero in, Claire demands answers from her mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKath's comically long response, which blossoms into the story of the Mounseys and their descendants writ large, moves from a Liverpudlian poorhouse at the onset of World War I to a Lake Michigan lighthouse in 1971 (when sex was freer and McDonald's fried their potatoes with beef tallow) to present-day Chicagoland; along the way, it offers Claire a richer understanding of what she inherited from the complicated, resilient women she descends from. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReplete with inappropriately old boyfriends, dubious medical professionals, and more than a few boats, \u003ci\u003eThe Responsible Party\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of several women, in several different timelines, trying to stay afloat.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"The Responsible Party | Claire Carusillo | Hardcover | 9781250408631 | New | Fiction 1767250","offer_id":49669944934552,"sku":"1767250","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91YO77FoyzL.jpg?v=1786457063","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-responsible-party","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}