{"product_id":"9780743235013","title":"The Doctor's House : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Doctor's House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ann Beattie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn impeccable ear for language, an eye for the smallest shifts in the cultural landscape, and a preternatural understanding of motivation and behavior—Ann Beattie's renowned storytelling abilities are on dazzling display in \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor’s House\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel opens to Nina’s account of her brother’s sexual appetites and betrayals, and leads into her mother’s narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e As new shadows and light are cast on Nina’s story, painful secrets of life in her father’s house—the doctor’s house—emerge. In the dramatic third movement, the brother gives us his perspective. Through subtle shifts, \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor’s House\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the fictions three people fabricate in order to survive their lives and showcases the keen observances of family and culture that have made Beattie one of our most admired voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Ann Beattie is an expert at probing the essential mysteries of the human character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ann Beattie's prose is gentle, spare, and incisive....She has loosed a monster in \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor's House.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e Authors as varied as Russell Banks and Sue Miller have taken the measure of dysfunctional families in recent years. But not since Albee and Pinter has a domestic scene been subjected to such ferocious, pitiless examination. Beattie makes us read on nonetheless, avid to hear the voices cry out their bitter truths.\u003cbr\u003eLisa Shea \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e Psychologically charged...The adroit prose in this novel is signature Beattie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743235013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40591350235342,"sku":"9780743235013","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_459f951d-a333-430f-99c9-be193adf3fc1.jpg?v=1637751921","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743235013","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}