{"product_id":"early-autumn-a-story-of-a-lady-hardcover","title":"Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Bromfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Compelling Pulitzer Prize-Winning Saga of a Family's Fall from Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"TRULY LOVELY\" -Gillian Flynn, author of\u003cem\u003e Gone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the proud Pentland family name meant wealth, class, and status. In the years following the first World War, however, change was in the air, with numerous nouveaux-riches pretenders challenging the privileged family's position as an arbiter of values and class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrong-willed Olivia Pentland-wife of Anson, the cold and distant heir to the family fortune-endures a tedious life largely devoid of joy or passion. Trapped in a stifling marriage, Olivia must examine her conscience and choose between the sudden thrill and lure of new love and the heavy tug of traditional family duty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extravagant debutante party at the Pentland estate for next-generation Sybil and Sabine opens a dramatic window into the façade the family maintains and becomes a catalyst for fracturing the perquisites they've all grown accustomed to. In the weeks that follow, relationships are tested, decorum and privilege challenged, and several carefully guarded family secrets unearthed in a cascading series of events which irrevocably upends their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Louis Bromfield's witty and satirical epic evokes a keen insight into human nature and a powerful appreciation of the natural world. In unmasking the rigid and puritanical, class-based New England mores as the veneer to a lifestyle with little meaning, Bromfield sets the stage for a wholly new social contract. A reading of \u003cem\u003eEarly Autumn\u003c\/em\u003e is an indelible experience you won't want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648371744).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120523415687,"sku":"9781648371738","price":41.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/27138cb8a8afa775a85d70e110b90125.webp?v=1732547779","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/early-autumn-a-story-of-a-lady-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}