{"product_id":"instructions-for-a-heatwave-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries-0345804716","title":"Instructions for a Heatwave: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0345804716\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e O'Farrell, Maggie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable narrative-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet-of a family falling apart and coming together with hard-won, life-changing truths about who they really are.Strange weather brings out strange behavior. London, 1976. In the thick of a record-breaking heatwave, Gretta Riordans newly retired husband has cleaned out his bank account and vanished. Now, for the first time in years, Gretta calls her children home: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, whose blighted past has driven a wedge between her and her younger sister; and Aoife, the youngest, whose new life in Manhattan is elaborately arranged to conceal a devastating secret.In a story that stretches from the Upper West Side to a village on the coast of Ireland, Maggie OFarrell explores the mysteries that inhere within families, and reveals the fault lines over which we build our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51536262005024,"sku":"NEW0345804716","price":18.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91nNpTkZT5L_cdb74a88-df3c-4f97-82f7-5c64dfc4af06.jpg?v=1777410992","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/instructions-for-a-heatwave-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries-0345804716","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}