{"product_id":"after-leaving-mr-mackenzie-9780393357813","title":"After Leaving Mr. MacKenzie","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulia Martin is in Paris and at the end of her rope. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now, after being dropped by her latest lover, Mr. Mackenzie, Julia is running out of luck and chances. A visit to London to see her ailing mother might offer an opportunity to start over--but it also brings her face to face with her distrustful sister, Norah, who can't help but feel that Julia has only changed for the worse in the years since they last saw one another. And it proves difficult to escape the desultory romantic entanglements of Paris when a suitor follows her to England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNowhere is Jean Rhys's talent for fully inhabiting the minds of her characters more apparent than in \u003cem\u003eAfter Leaving Mr. Mackenzie\u003c\/em\u003e, her masterful second novel. Rhys lays bare the desires and contradictions of the mercurial Julia, and all those trapped in her orbit, in this haunting depiction of life after the end of a tumultuous affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhys, Jean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJean Rhys\u003c\/strong\u003e (1890-1979), one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century, is the author of \u003cem\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/em\u003e--her last and best-known novel--as well as \u003cem\u003eAfter Leaving Mr. Mackenzie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVoyage in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGood Morning, Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e, all available in Norton paperback.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeymour, Miranda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMiranda Seymour \u003c\/strong\u003eis a British biographer whose previous acclaimed books include biographies of Lord Byron's wife and daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace; Mary Shelley; and Ottoline Morrell. She lives in Nottinghamshire, England.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692714299666,"sku":"9780393357813","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_902ea4fa-cf2b-4449-9f8f-3c82b63fb643.jpg?v=1734131923","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-leaving-mr-mackenzie-9780393357813","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}