{"product_id":"the-responsible-party-by-claire-carusillo","title":"The Responsible Party by Claire Carusillo","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_xXKsQqDQBCE4VeRqW0SsNlShBCCVnaHiMEVJId73J6IEd_dtfv-YQ7oCJoGr5xDRUAprsaQQChFfjDrH_QsDN7Gd_OqcX_NVd1UtwPIuUcO84f3TeLYt3PybB1Zgyw6fz1nYYhpR9edFyjxiBZ2AAAA\u0026amp;R=88370742\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eHenry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rollicking, \"unsinkable,\" (Sam Lipsyte), and \"terrifically comic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about a family of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunforgettable women obsessed with securing their legacy, for fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaire grew up with the legend of the Unsinkable Mounsey Women. Her great-great-grandmother Fanny made headlines in 1915 for washing ashore in England nearly a year after her ship sank. Fanny's daughter Sarah went to collect her mother on the equally ill-fated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--whose sinking she, too, survived. Their improbable endurance led to regional stardom on the Midwestern vaudeville circuit. But Claire never knew the full story--until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListless, jobless, and recently canceled for extolling skin-care advice online that sent a reader to the hospital, Claire is surprised when a knock at the door turns out to be the police, looking for answers about a murder from the 1970s they suspect her mother, Kath, may know something about. As the cops zero in, Claire demands answers from her mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKath's comically long response, which blossoms into the story of the Mounseys and their descendants writ large, moves from a Liverpudlian poorhouse at the onset of World War I to a Lake Michigan lighthouse in 1971 (when sex was freer and McDonald's fried their potatoes with beef tallow) to present-day Chicagoland; along the way, it offers Claire a richer understanding of what she inherited from the complicated, resilient women she descends from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReplete with inappropriately old boyfriends, dubious medical professionals, and more than a few boats, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Responsible Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story of several women, in several different timelines, trying to stay afloat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53646641168677,"sku":"9781250408631","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail-6_853004c1-70a3-4153-b6b9-2e8e1d6767b8.gif?v=1787352205","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-responsible-party-by-claire-carusillo","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}