{"product_id":"hard-laughter-a-novel-1","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: BVV.0865472807.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\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: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43747497050173,"sku":"BVV.0865472807.A","price":6.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0865472807-0_d622e730-3ed7-4e09-a290-b012405b5627.jpg?v=1790891179","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/hard-laughter-a-novel-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}