{"product_id":"the-halflife-of-happiness-9780375706080","title":"The Halflife of Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Casey] is an astute observer of the ruses as well as the private confrontations that govern our behavior.' \u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Half-life of Happiness, National Book Award winner John Casey brings us a family portrait rendered with masterful precision--and unwavering compassion. On a spring afternoon in Virginia, progressive attorney Mike Reardon strolls downtown Charlottesville feeling terrific. He surveys the elements in his appealing life: filmmaker wife Joss, his clever and canny daughters, the bohemian characters that share his seven-acre haven on the Rivanna River. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Mike's blissful certainty is to be short-lived. A friend's suicide and Joss's affair with a mercurial woman turn Mike's world upside-down. Then Mike discovers the erotic quicksilver of the political campaign and so begins a farcical run for office that consumes all their lives. Here too--through Casey's brilliant rendering of Mike's sensitive, perceptive daughters--is the sto","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525055258967,"sku":"9780375706080","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375706080.jpg?v=1731859066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-halflife-of-happiness-9780375706080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}