{"product_id":"commitment","title":"Commitment","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful and engrossing novel about a single mother's collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state hospital in the 1970s. When Diane Aziz drives her oldest son, Walter, from LA to college, it will be her last parental act before falling into a deep depression. A single mother who believes that her children can attain all the things she hasn't, she's worked hard to secure their future.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e But when she enters hospital, her closest friend must keep the children safe and their mother's dreams for them alive. At Berkeley College, Walter discovers a passion for architecture just as he realises his life as a student may end for lack of funds. Back home in LA, his sister Lina works in an ice-cream parlour while her wealthy classmates prepare for Ivy league schools, as she wages a high-stakes gamble to go there with them.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e And Donny, the little brother everybody loves, begins to drift towards a life on the beach, where he falls into an escalating relationship with drugs. A resonant story about family, duty, and the attendant struggles that come when a parent falls ill, it honours the spirit of imperfect mothers, and the under-chronicled significance of friends. With Commitment, Mona Simpson has written her most important and unforgettable novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781472158154\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1472158156\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mona Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44724853571850,"sku":"","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781472158154.jpg?v=1695118972","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/commitment","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}