{"product_id":"9780671028510","title":"Treetops : A Memoir About Raising Wonderful Children in an Imperfect World","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTreetops\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Susan Cheever\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eHome Before Dark,\u003c\/i\u003e Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes. Set against the backdrop of Treetops, the New Hampshire family retreat where the Cheevers still summer, and going back several generations, this powerful remembrance focuses on Susan Cheever's mother's family, and includes portraits of her great-grandfather, Thomas Watson, who invented the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell, and her grandfather Milton Winternitz, a brilliant doctor who built Yale Medical School. And of course there is her beloved and talented father John Cheever, the accomplished author who became one of the most well-known writers of the century, often using his family as material. Perhaps most riveting about Susan Cheever's second biographical masterpiece is its exploration of the lives of the Cheever women. At once a unique family portrait and the tale of every family, \u003ci\u003eTreetops\u003c\/i\u003e draws us effortlessly into a fascinating yet endearingly familiar world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Ms. Cheever's...coolly intelligent perspective...provides a clear, hard-edged picture of the snobbery, sexism, anti-Semitism adultery, alcoholism, and emotional dishonesty that were part and parcel of those swimming pools and tennis courts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e Engrossing...moving...\u003ci\u003eTreetops\u003c\/i\u003e is Susan Cheever's...most satisfyingly realized work to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e This smooth, articulate, inviting book takes us into the lair of a celebrated family. Susan Cheever, with keen observation and incisive character sketches, offers a tantalizingly spare memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTreetops\u003c\/i\u003e may well be Susan Cheever's masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e Because it's such a fascinating family, it's a fascinating book, but it's not always a pretty story, and one has to admire Susan Cheever's courage in telling it....Her greatest gifts come across in her memoirs....\u003ci\u003eHome Before Dark\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTreetops\u003c\/i\u003e have established her as a very accomplished writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780671028510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592410116302,"sku":"9780671028510","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_b8618c6e-d024-468a-a796-7057beee2262.jpg?v=1637767730","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780671028510","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}