{"product_id":"isadora-9781250183095","title":"Isadora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing the scaffolding of Isadora Duncan's life and the stuff of her spirit, Amelia Gray's breakout novel delivers an incredibly imaginative portrait of the artist, resulting in \"a stunning meditation on art and grief by one of America's most exciting young authors\" (NPR).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs dynamic, enthralling, and powerful as the visionary artist it captures, Amelia Gray's \u003ci\u003eIsadora \u003c\/i\u003eis a relentless and living portrayal of a woman who shattered convention, even in the darkest days of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1913, Isadora Duncan was known as much for her stunning dance performances as for her eccentric and salacious personal life -- her lovers included poets, directors, and the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune. But when her two children drowned in Paris, she found herself taking on a role she had never dreamed of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tragedy brought the gossips out in full force, and the grieving mother wanted nothing more than to escape it all. Fleeing the very life she had worked so hard to build, she left her sister, Elizabeth, holding the reins of the artistic empire along with Elizabeth's lover, Max, who had his own ideas for greatness. For two years Isadora cast about prewar Europe, living on credit on islands in Greece and in shuttered beachfront dwellings in Italy. She lashed out at her dearest lovers and friends, the very people who held her up. But life had cracked her spirit in two: on one side, the brilliant young talent who captivated audiences the world over; on the other, a heartbroken mother spinning dangerously on the edge of sanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmelia Gray \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAM\/PM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMuseum of the Weird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHREATS\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGutshot\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and is the winner of the FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest. She lives in Los Ange\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462334943506,"sku":"9781250183095","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe5adc1e-46fb-4d64-a102-2644419c0fbf.jpg?v=1730085760","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/isadora-9781250183095","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}