{"product_id":"9781612193922","title":"Half the Kingdom: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSegal, Lore\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/4\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe renowned \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewriter and Pulitzer Prize finalist delivers a hilarious, poignant, and profoundly moving tale of living, loving, and aging in America today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAt Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, doctors have noticed a marked uptick in Alzheimer’s patients. People who seemed perfectly lucid just a day earlier suddenly show signs of advanced dementia. Is it just normal aging, or an epidemic? Is it a coincidence, or a secret terrorist plot?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the looking-glass world of \u003ci\u003eHalf the Kingdom—\u003c\/i\u003ewhere terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria mask deeper fears of mortality; where parents’ and their grown children's feelings vacillate between frustration and tenderness; and where the broken medical system leads one character to quip, “Kafka wrote slice-of-life fiction”—all is familiar and yet slightly askew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lore Segal masterfully interweaves her characters’ lives—lives that, for good or for ill, all converge in Cedar's ER—into a funny, tragic, and tender portrait of how we live today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Lore Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I always feel in her work such a sense of toughness and humor . . . Her writing is sad and funny, and that makes it more of both.” \u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Egan, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374225228031,"sku":"9781612193922","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781612193922_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587495","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781612193922","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}