{"product_id":"a-way-of-life-like-any-other-paperback","title":"A Way of Life, Like Any Other - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarcy O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of Darcy O'Brien's \u003ci\u003eA Way of Life, Like Any Other\u003c\/i\u003e is a child of Hollywood, and once his life was a glittery dream. His father starred in Westerns. His mother was a goddess of the silver screen. The family enjoyed the high life on their estate, Casa Fiesta. But his parents' careers have crashed since then, and their marriage has broken up too. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLovesick and sex-crazed, the mother sets out on an intercontinental quest for the right--or wrong--man, while her mild-mannered but manipulative former husband clings to his memories in California. And their teenage son? How he struggles both to keep faith with his family and to get by himself, and what in the end he must do to break free, makes for a classic coming-of-age story--a novel that combines keen insight and devastating wit to hilarious and heartbreaking effect.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarcy O'Brien (1939-1998) was born in Los Angeles, the son of the movie stars George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill. He attended Princeton and the University of California, Berkeley, and taught at the University of Tulsa. O'Brien's first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Way of Life, Like Any Other\u003c\/i\u003e, won the PEN\/Hemingway award. His books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Spooner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMargaret in Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e, critical studies of James Joyce and Patrick Kavanagh, and several other works of nonfiction, among them\u003ci\u003eTwo of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Pope\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamus Heaney's first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared forty years ago. Since then he has published poetry, criticism, and translations that have established him as one of the leading poets of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.01 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772846375200,"sku":"9780940322790","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0736f5d92bcee7954d7e59413f9cb6e.webp?v=1780415488","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-way-of-life-like-any-other-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}