{"product_id":"we-all-want-impossible-things-9780063230927-b","title":"We All Want Impossible Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine Newman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She's a writer's writer--and a human's human.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Katherine Center\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A riotously funny and fiercely loyal love letter to female friendship. The story of Edi and Ash proves that a best friend is a gift from the gods. Newman turns her prodigious talents toward finding joy even in the friendship's final days. I laughed while crying, and was left revived. Newman is a comic masterhand and a dazzling philosopher of the day-to-day.\"--Amity Gaige, author of \u003cem\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The funniest, most joyful book about dying--and living--that I have ever read.\"--KJ Dell'Antonia, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Chicken Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They've shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; \u003cem\u003eGilligan's Island \u003c\/em\u003ereruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, \"Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now the unthinkable has happened. Edi is dying of ovarian cancer and spending her last days at a hospice near Ash, who stumbles into heartbreak surrounded by her daughters, ex(ish) husband, dear friends, a poorly chosen lover (or two), and a rotating cast of beautifully, fleetingly human hospice characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cem\u003eThe Fiddler on the Roof \u003c\/em\u003esoundtrack blasts all day long from the room next door, Edi and Ash reminisce, hold on, and try to let go. Meanwhile, Ash struggles with being an imperfect friend, wife, and parent--with life, in other words, distilled to its heartbreaking, joyful, and comedic essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who's ever lost a friend or had one. Get ready to laugh through your tears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45028867604631,"sku":"9780063230927","price":1115.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780063230927.webp?v=1769202993","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/we-all-want-impossible-things-9780063230927-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}