{"product_id":"someone-9781250888389","title":"Someone","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alice McDermott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Family Life - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ordinary life--its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion--lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman: This is the subject of \u003ci\u003eSomeone\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice McDermott's extraordinary \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe first glimpse Marie Commeford as a child: a girl in thick glasses observing her pre-Depression world from a Brooklyn stoop. Through her first heartbreak and eventual marriage; her delicate brother's brief stint as a Catholic priest and his emotional breakdown; her career as a funeral director's \"consoling angel\"; the deaths of her parents and the births of her children--we follow Marie through the changing world of the twentieth century and her Irish-American enclave. Rendered with remarkable empathy and insight, \u003ci\u003eSomeone\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived, with passion and heartbreak, a crowning achievement of one of the finest American writers at work today.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45123048145047,"sku":"9781250888389","price":1261.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781250888389.webp?v=1768547972","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/someone-9781250888389","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}