{"product_id":"the-alternatives-paperback","title":"The Alternatives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaoilinn Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A \u003c\/b\u003ebold, beautiful, complex novel, and I can't wait to read what Hughes writes next. She, too, is an unstoppable force.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species, \u003ci\u003eThe Alternatives\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with intelligence, compassion, and beauty.\" --Hernan Diaz \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the writer Anthony Doerr calls \"a massive talent,\" the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countryside \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties--all single, all with PhDs--they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London's Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth's future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn't want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, \u003ci\u003eThe Alternatives \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland's most gifted storytellers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaoilinn Hughes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eOrchid \u0026amp; the Wasp, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and was longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. She was recently the Oscar Wilde Centre Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and is now a Cullman Fellow at New York Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033897955629,"sku":"9780593545010","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/PYEF8-SwFA9780593545010.webp?v=1777636232","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-alternatives-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}