{"product_id":"ill-be-right-here","title":"I'll Be Right Here","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom \u003c\/b\u003eis the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of four previous novels: \n\u003ci\u003eWhite Houses, Lucky Us, Away, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eLove Invents Us;\u003c\/i\u003e and three collections of short stories: \n\u003ci\u003eWhere the God of Love Hangs Out, Come to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award), and \n\u003ci\u003eA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). Her most recent book is the widely acclaimed memoir \n\u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for magazines such as \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Elle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e and her work has been translated into seventeen languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"As Bloom has demonstrated throughout her stellar literary career . . . she can train her eye on any person, place, or object and render it sublime. Her prose is so finely wrought it shimmers. Again and again she has returned to love as her primary subject, each time finding new depth and dimension, requiring us to put aside our expectations and go where the pages take us. As readers, we're in the most adept of hands.\"\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So much recent domestic fiction has been about women individuating, leaving, calling the whole thing off. This one gathers everyone in the garden for shandies.\"\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wryly humorous, emotionally generously and expansively embracing author, Bloom approaches each of her characters with empathy, insight, and sensitivity. She remains acutely aware of the absurdities of life, its harrowing hardships, and its fragile, fleeting joys.\"\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Amy Bloom has practically patented this kind of grand dreaminess . . . epics spun out of intimate memories. Her latest is a sweeping, decades-spanning novel about love in all its unruly forms and the ways in which families are made and remade.\"\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rich, sensual . . . devastating . . . Bloom's suggestive prose awakens our senses. . . . a brisk, short read, and yet, somehow it gives us a family and a world.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Amy Bloom infuses every page of her newest novel with her singular wit and warmth. It is a chronicle of ordinary life made extraordinary through the beauty of Bloom's prose and the generosity of her vision.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--Anthony Marra, \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e A Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unforgettable story of family, friendship, love and loss by one of America's finest writers.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--John Boyne, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll the Broken Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Told with humor and heart, \n\u003ci\u003eI'll Be Right Here \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us of the sweet profundity of human connection.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--Tayari Jones, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e An American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I read this stunning novel in a single sitting and then moped around for days because I missed the characters so much.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--J. Courtney Sullivan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Every time Amy Bloom writes a book, another small miracle occurs. In \n\u003ci\u003eI'll Be Right Here\u003c\/i\u003e, she explores notions of pride, kindness, fearlessness, longing, belonging, and love. What else do we expect from a writer who wrings out our tired hearts and updates our souls?\"\n\u003cb\u003e--Colum McCann, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Twist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chosen family spreads its branches over decades and continents . . . full of surprises, wild leaps and turns, and many fascinating people who love each other . . . Warm, rich, beautifully written.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Moves fluidly . . . peeling back the layers of a lifetime of love and loss.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stimulating . . . with [Bloom's] thoughtful and complex character development . . . It's a memorable portrait of a found family's fulfillment.\"\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestselling author of White Houses and Away; National bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sweeping, intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family, in prose \"so finely wrought it shimmers\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)--from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e In Love, White Houses, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Amy Bloom is at the height of her powers in this epic tale.\"--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Bloom approaches each of her characters with empathy, insight, and sensitivity. She remains acutely aware of the absurdities of life, its harrowing hardships, and its fragile, fleeting joys.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, young Gazala becomes friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother, Samir, joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome makes their way into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe passing years are marked by the business of everyday existence and the inevitable surprises of erupting passions, of great and small waves of joy and despair, from the beginning of life to its end. Gazala and Samir make a home together, Anne leaves her husband for his sister, and Anne's restless daughter grows up to raise a child on her own and to join a throuple, becoming who she wants to be. Through it all, amid the tumult of these decades, the four friends and their best beloveds stand by one another, protecting, annoying, and celebrating themselves, steadfastly unapologetic about their desires and the unorthodox family they have created. As the next generation falls in and out of love, experiencing triumphs, mistakes and disappointments, the central pillars of their lives are the four indomitable elders they call the \"Greats.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \n\u003ci\u003eI'll Be Right Here, \u003c\/i\u003e Amy Bloom embraces the complexity and richness of humanity and the lawlessness of love, bringing her trademark voice, wry humor, and compassionate eye to the many, often mysterious ways we live as we love, and hope to be loved in return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2025 pg. 1 (EAN 9781984801722, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/28\/2025 (EAN 9781984801722, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2025 pg. 27 (EAN 9781984801722, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781984801722, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2025 pg. 27 (EAN 9781984801739, Other)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloom, Amy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-06-24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Literary|Fiction \/ Family Life \/ General|Fiction \/ Sagas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Families|Love|Siblings|Lesbians|Interpersonal relations|New York (N.Y.)|Domestic fiction|Historical fiction|Novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984801722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781984801722\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53017607110937,"sku":"SP-9781984801722","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781984801722_spiral.png?v=1787030552","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/ill-be-right-here","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}