{"product_id":"the-last-chairlift-paperback","title":"The Last Chairlift - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving's fifteenth novel is \"powerfully cinematic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"eminently readable\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, they aren't the first or last ghosts he sees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the \"generously intertextual\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will once more be in his thrall.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 912\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752369389856,"sku":"9781501189289","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cfaef8a24c654cf82b91127f9eb5669c.webp?v=1779994043","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-chairlift-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}