{"product_id":"ill-be-right-here","title":"I'll Be Right Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sweeping, intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family, in prose \"so finely wrought it shimmers\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)--from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e In Love, White Houses, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amy Bloom is at the height of her powers in this epic tale.\"--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bloom approaches each of her characters with empathy, insight, and sensitivity. She remains acutely aware of the absurdities of life, its harrowing hardships, and its fragile, fleeting joys.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, young Gazala becomes friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother, Samir, joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome makes their way into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe passing years are marked by the business of everyday existence and the inevitable surprises of erupting passions, of great and small waves of joy and despair, from the beginning of life to its end. Gazala and Samir make a home together, Anne leaves her husband for his sister, and Anne's restless daughter grows up to raise a child on her own and to join a throuple, becoming who she wants to be. Through it all, amid the tumult of these decades, the four friends and their best beloveds stand by one another, protecting, annoying, and celebrating themselves, steadfastly unapologetic about their desires and the unorthodox family they have created. As the next generation falls in and out of love, experiencing triumphs, mistakes and disappointments, the central pillars of their lives are the four indomitable elders they call the \"Greats.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI'll Be Right Here, \u003c\/i\u003e Amy Bloom embraces the complexity and richness of humanity and the lawlessness of love, bringing her trademark voice, wry humor, and compassionate eye to the many, often mysterious ways we live as we love, and hope to be loved in return.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941973491943,"sku":"9781984801722","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_8d10a3a9-5124-424e-921d-53cd8dc0961b.jpg?v=1775242632","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/ill-be-right-here","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}