{"product_id":"long-for-this-world-a-novel-isbn-9780618446483","title":"Long For This World: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wise and richly symphonic first novel, Long for This World is a thoroughly contemporary family drama that hinges on a riveting medical dilemma. Dr. Henry Moss is a dedicated geneticist who stumbles upon a possible cure for a disease that causes rapid aging and early death in children. Although his discovery may hold the key to eternal youth, exploiting it is an ethical minefield. Henry must make a painful choice: he can save the life of a critically ill boy he has grown to love — at the cost of his career — or he can sell his findings for a fortune to match the wealth of his dot-com-rich Seattle neighbors. Henry turns to his family for support, and in their intimately detailed lives unfolds a story of unforgettable characters grappling with their own demons.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A wise story of ethics and family affection...No one is overdrawn, everyone is as real and worth knowing as he or she can be...Deep and real.\" Kirkus Reviews, Starred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compassionate, richly detailed...[the] characterizations are so vivid and convincing that they are nearly hyper-real...\" Publishers Weekly, Starred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hooray for [Michael Byers'] grand scope and compassionate voice.\"  --Karen Valby Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Byers] displays a virtousity with figurative language that puts him in a class with such new American masters as Charles Baxter and Antonya Nelson.\"  --Thomas Mallon Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Long for This World' . . . is a piercing scientific and familial romance. . . Byers effortlessly conveys the quick pivots and non sequiturs of familial byplay.\"  --Kerry Fried The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first novel wise beyond its author's years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chicago Tribune","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890206503141,"sku":"NP9780618446483","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780618446483.jpg?v=1730232758","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/long-for-this-world-a-novel-isbn-9780618446483","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}