{"product_id":"evergreen-tidings-from-the-baumgartners","title":"Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook for Gretchen Anthony’s hilarious, timely new novel, The Kids Are Gonna Ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest Books of Fall 2018 Selection by PopSugar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stunning... An intricately satisfying story about love and understanding that is full of both nostalgia and surprising optimism.” —Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A propulsive and endearing debut.” —J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA formidable matriarch learns the hard way that no family is perfect in this witty, sparkling debut novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDearest loved ones, far and near—evergreen tidings from the Baumgartners!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolet Baumgartner has opened her annual holiday letter the same way for the past three decades. And this year she’s going to throw her husband, Ed, a truly perfect retirement party, one worthy of memorializing in her upcoming letter. But the event becomes a disaster when, in front of two hundred guests, Violet learns her daughter Cerise has been keeping a shocking secret from her, shattering Violet’s carefully constructed world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an epic battle of wills, Violet goes to increasing lengths to wrest back control of her family, infuriating Cerise and snaring their family and friends in a very un-Midwestern, un-Baumgartner gyre of dramatics. And there will be no explaining away the consequences in this year’s Baumgartner holiday letter…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of humor, emotion and surprises at every turn, Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners brings to life a remarkable cast of quirky, deeply human characters who must learn to adapt to the unconventional, or else risk losing one another. This is the story of a family falling to pieces—and the unexpected way they put it all back together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Row","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45565750378674,"sku":"Fiction","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/7274\/0786\/files\/9780778307860.jpg?v=1751065604","url":"https:\/\/thebookstoreinpinecity.com\/products\/evergreen-tidings-from-the-baumgartners","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}