{"product_id":"in-the-family-way-9780008751432","title":"In the Family Way","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Laney Katz Becker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This warm tale of friendship has a wonderful cast of characters that you will root for. An uplifting read.' Platinum Book of the Month\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA warm, uplifting and empowering novel following a group of suburban housewives and the pregnant teenager they welcome into their fold as they find their place on the cusp of liberation. For fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Help\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e*****\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOhio, 1965.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Every week a group of suburban housewives meet for their Tuesday card game, sharing gossip, advice and confidences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLily Berg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has the perfect life. She’s married to a doctor, with an infant daughter and another on the way. She can’t let her husband know she’s struggling but she knows she can trust her friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBecca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Lily’s best friend and next-door neighbour, is everything Lily isn’t. She’s messy and brash and never on time for anything. When she falls pregnant with a fourth child she desperately can’t afford, she turns to Lily. Although Lily’s little sister, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, got married last year, she’s not ready to give up her independence. Her modern marriage appears to be perfect, but behind closed doors things are very different. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBetsy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is fifteen, pregnant and frightened. When Lily takes her in, from the local home for unwed mothers, she has no idea how much it will shake up all of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver six months, the group will be put to the test by secrets, forced to make impossible decisions and face up to a society that isn’t ready for women to have their own dreams and ambitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSet against the backdrop of 1960s America, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Family Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is a timely novel that captures the experiences of women on the cusp of liberation as they grapple with timeless questions of womanhood and the role we play as wives, mothers, and people in our own right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*****\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Bursts with complexity, drama and warmth… A timely, timeless novel' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCatherine Newman, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSandwich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A powerful tale, well told… [with] a delightful cast of characters that you can't help but fall in love with' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFiona Davis, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Stolen Queen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A poignant, rich, deeply textured tale of women, friendship and struggles amid 1960s suburbia on the precipice of change'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Lisa Barr, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWoman on Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Delightful and inspiring' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMeg Waite Clayton, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Postmistress of Paris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The women in these pages – feisty, fierce, and fragile – offer a peek behind the curtain of the precariousness of women's rights and womanhood itself' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChristine Pride, co-author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Are Not Like Them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45848200446103,"sku":"9780008751432","price":1066.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008751432.webp?v=1769297684","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-the-family-way-9780008751432","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}