{"product_id":"fulfillment-a-novel-1","title":"Fulfillment: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Groundskeeping comes a searing family drama set in Kentucky where the homecoming of two half brothers—successful Joel with his restless wife, Alice, and struggling Emmett—ignites a clash of ambitions and desires, exposing raw truths about class, privilege, and happiness in the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFulfillment tells the story of two half brothers—Joel, a successful academic and author, whose marriage is in deep trouble, and his younger sibling, Emmett, paralyzed by indecision and working in a shipping warehouse—who find themselves at their family home in Kentucky and upend each other’s lives in devastating ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween them is Alice, Joel's wife, a wry, passionate young woman whose dream of a small farm feels unattainable, and whose longing for a more authentic life collides with Emmett's hunger for connection and desire to escape a sense of burgeoning failure. As the chemistry between them escalates, the family is plunged into a violent crucible, each character brought to the precipice of immutable catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncisive, poignant, gorgeously crafted, Lee Cole's haunting novel about class, privilege, brotherhood, and the American South asks whether people can change, and at what cost, and what it takes to build a life of fulfillment and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53962912596243,"sku":"9780593688854","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/1652\/7891\/files\/9780593688854.jpg?v=1774038412","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterasbooks.com\/products\/fulfillment-a-novel-1","provider":"Monstera's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}