{"product_id":"a-better-life-9780063482142","title":"A Better Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant--who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son Nico in a sprawling house in Brooklyn, decides to participate in a new city program that would pay her to take in a migrant as a boarder. Gloria is thrilled when sweet, kind, helpful Martine arrives. But Nico is skeptical. A classic live-at-home Gen Zer with no interest in adulthood, Nico resents any interruption of his \"hovercraft repose.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the months go by, Martine endears herself to both Nico's sisters, while finding her way into Gloria's heart and even, briefly, Nico's. But as Martine's disturbingly dodgy compatriots begin to show up, Nico conceives a dark twin hostile to both his mother's altruism and the \"migrant crisis\" in general--and turns out to be anything but a reliable narrator himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased loosely on a program a New York City mayor floated but did not initiate, \u003cem\u003eA Better Life\u003c\/em\u003e is Lionel Shriver at her best: smart, funny, and sensitive to the moral nuances of perhaps the most divisive issue of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lionel Shriver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.38w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063482142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShriver, Lionel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLionel Shriver\u003c\/strong\u003e has published many novels, a collection of essays, and a column in the \u003cem\u003eSpectator \u003c\/em\u003esince 2017, and her journalism has been featured in publications including\u003cem\u003e Harper's, \u003c\/em\u003ethe London\u003cem\u003e Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnHerd\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, among many others. A multiply best-selling writer and winner of the UK's Orange Prize, she lives in Portugal and Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lionel Shriver \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47659071832221,"sku":"9780063482142","price":47.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_992b6ff1-fce3-4b4a-801e-dc6c8756b3c0.jpg?v=1771349762","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-better-life-9780063482142","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}