{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260417T232332Z","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/074324964X?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"074324964X","authors":["George Howe Colt"],"book_id":"9780743249645","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/the-big-house-074324964X","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780743249645.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","description":"Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780743249645","publication_date":"20040608","publisher":"Scribner","slug":"the-big-house","subtitle":"A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home","title":"The Big House"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"New England History","score":0.7281,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"U.S. State & Local History","score":0.7131,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Midwest History","score":0.7101,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"New England History","score":0.7281,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"U.S. State & Local History","score":0.7131,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Midwest History","score":0.7101,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BIO026000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Personal Memoirs","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036060","confidence_band":"high","label":"20th-Century America","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HOM000000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Home & Living","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"New England History","score":0.7281,"slug":"new-england-history"},{"label":"U.S. State & Local History","score":0.7131,"slug":"u-s-state-local-history"},{"label":"Midwest History","score":0.7101,"slug":"midwest-history"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy New England History","Good for readers interested in book club","Good for readers who enjoy New England History and U.S. State & Local History."],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Dan Barry","Fred Sanders","Harper","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780062372147","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062372147.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":13.4956,"title":"The Boys in the Bunkhouse","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062372147"},{"authors":["J. D. Vance"],"book_id":"9780062300553","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062300553.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":12.6437,"title":"Hillbilly Elegy","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062300553"},{"authors":["Jane Addams"],"book_id":"9781625589279","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781625589279.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":11.4508,"title":"20 Years at Hull House","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781625589279"},{"authors":["Fred Minnick"],"book_id":"9781464227059","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464227059.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":11.3709,"title":"Bottom Shelf","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464227059"},{"authors":["Tom Brokaw"],"book_id":"9780593743881","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593743881.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":11.1421,"title":"Never Give Up","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593743881"},{"authors":["Walter Johnson"],"book_id":"9781541619586","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781541619586.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":11.0322,"title":"The Broken Heart of America","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781541619586"},{"authors":["Timothy Egan"],"book_id":"9780544944831","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780544944831.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":10.5696,"title":"The Immortal Irishman","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780544944831"},{"authors":["Gregory Crouch"],"book_id":"9781501108198","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781501108198.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":10.5119,"title":"The Bonanza King","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781501108198"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:history"],"label":"History","score":0.9238,"slug":"history"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:family"],"label":"Family","score":0.162,"slug":"family"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Book Club","score":0.0914,"slug":"book-club"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:mysteries"],"label":"Mysteries","score":0.0634,"slug":"mysteries"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:summer home"],"label":"Summer","score":0.0557,"slug":"summer"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: History, Family, Book Club.","Reading lane: New England History and U.s. State & Local History.","Publisher: Scribner."]},"llm_signals":null,"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":false,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":4118,"goodreads_reviews_count":638,"quality_score":0.9384}}