{"product_id":"the-house-of-grins-paperback","title":"The House of Grins - 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\u003eDonald Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Fitzgerald has a dream. Yearning for the stability of an ideal of family life that has always eluded him, he moves into town fresh from personal tragedy but determined to create a new kind of family unit. Life-affirming and unconventional, resolved to learn from his past mistakes, he buys a rambling old house and sets up an alternative living arrangement. He offers his housemates what he hopes is a source of support and connection free from the traumas and strains of people bound together by blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto his home--the \"House of Grins\"--come people seeking refuge from the most profound conflicts of contemporary life: Dennis, a solitary young man on the mend from his second nervous breakdown, caught between healing solitude and desperate loneliness, in the grip of an unrequited (and lethal) love; Gene, a self-absorbed former minister now immersed in a New Age quest for the spiritual life, who celebrates freedom but flees from the demands of adult obligations; Martina, forced to choose between her career ambitions and love with a respectable and altogether dull suitor bent on making her a wife and stepmother; and Brooke, an artist struggling with her own confusion and grim family history, who enters a too-intense relationship with Robert that threatens the outwardly-perfect family life she has so carefully crafted for herself and her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the turbulent year they spend together, all of their relationships realign as Robert learns painful lessons about why his dream has eluded him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling, compassionate, and wryly comic new novel explores the urges that drive people out of--and back into--traditional family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53751182721331,"sku":"9798987792919","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1qWqcxGghk9798987792919.webp?v=1785280424","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-house-of-grins-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}