{"product_id":"hard-laughter-a-novel","title":"Hard Laughter: A Novel","description":"Anne Lamott's poignant first novel Hard Laughter, reissued in an attractive paperback edition.\n\n\"A moving and strangely joyful book, a kind of celebration, and it's written with an assurance far beyond the reach of most first novelists.” ―Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review\n\nWriter (and sometime housecleaner) Jennifer is twenty-three when her beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. This catastrophic discovery sets off Anne Lamott's unexpectedly sweet and funny first novel, which is made dramatic not so much by Wallace's illness as by the emotional wake it sweeps under Jen and her brothers, self-contained Ben and feckless, lovable Randy.\n\nWith characteristic affection and accuracy, Lamott sketches this offbeat family and their nearest and dearest as they draw ever closer in the intimacy Jen prizes \"among the other estimable things: good music, good hard laughter, good sex, good industry, and good books.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0865472807\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0865472807.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lamott, Anne\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41431644176442,"sku":"DBV.0865472807.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0865472807-0.jpg?v=1779730229","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/hard-laughter-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}