{"product_id":"mary-and-oneil-a-novel-in-stories","title":"Mary and O'Neil: A Novel in Stories: A Novel in Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/HEMINGWAY AWARD - \"An astonishingly good first novel . . . fully engaging from the first paragraph. What a gift: to be able to live alongside these people for a while.\"--Ann Patchett, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary and O'Neil: They are like any other couple. They have survived loss and found love and managed the occasional hard-earned laugh as they move toward the future, hearts thick with hope. Each human life is ever changing, born of moments large and small--births and deaths and weddings, grave mistakes and chance encounters and acts of surprising courage--and in this unforgettable book, Justin Cronin makes vivid how those moments connect us all, making us more than we could ever be on our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlight with nuance, sly humor, and startling wisdom, \u003ci\u003eMary and O'Neil\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the uncommon grace to be found in common lives \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMary and O'Neil\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Admirably fearless.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The kind of storytelling that goes down easy, and sticks to your ribs.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cronin succeeds, touchingly and tenderly, in portraying life itself as a triumph of hope over experience.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53621735031150,"sku":"9780385333597","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_b0560886-c5e8-4156-8d33-0e1bb36be678.jpg?v=1776111138","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/mary-and-oneil-a-novel-in-stories","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}