{"product_id":"dream-house","title":"Dream House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Laken is masterful at character construction as she explores issues of race and class and conveys the wreckage of individual lives and the emotions evoked by a house that is the source of joy and dreams as well as the site of tragedy.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A disaster occurs, but the human bonds that link these appealing characters are frayed, not broken. . . . Laken handles the fraught subjects of class, race, and family bonds with equal candor and sensitivity in this powerful book.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Offers insights into the fragility of home, family, and neighborhood. . . . [A] thoughtful debut. . . . Compelling reflections on broad issues such as neighborhood gentrification and the American dream as well as the personal struggles involved with marriage, family, and the creation of a home.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A perfectly plausible and rational ghost story: sexy, sharp-eyed, and deeply haunted all at once. The past never goes away. It is still there, inside the walls of this wonderful book.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Baxter, author of The Feast of Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A psychologically engrossing novel about the homes we make--in our houses, in our neighborhoods, and in the hearts of our loved ones. Laken takes on that great unspoken American subject--class--and does so with frankness, acuity and surpassing feeling. DREAM HOUSE is a memorable debut novel from a fully mature talent.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In DREAM HOUSE, Valerie Laken has built for us an elegantly constructed novel with quietly polished yet dazzling lines, and she has peopled it with heartbreakingly convincing characters.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eEileen Pollack, author of The Rabbi in the Attic; Paradise, New York; and In the Mouth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"DREAM HOUSE is a novel of great reckoning. . . . Laken's deft, generous, and brave debut will stay with you\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67595120279919,"sku":"9780060840938","price":110.73,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0060840935.jpg?v=1790544741","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/dream-house","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}