{"product_id":"a-little-life","title":"A Little Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/genres\/fiction\" class=\"Button Button--tag Button--medium\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003eFiction \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/genres\/contemporary\" class=\"Button Button--tag Button--medium\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003eContemporary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood Reads Rating: 4.27\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booked Things Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45825611858111,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/7062\/1375\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-07at3.06.26PM.png?v=1783451257","url":"https:\/\/bookedthings.co\/products\/a-little-life","provider":"Booked Things Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}