{"product_id":"property-of-9780374531836","title":"Property of","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed first novel by Alice Hoffman, a \"marvelous writer with a painter's eye\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World), \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eProperty Of\u003c\/i\u003e is about a young girl fearlessly in love with a gang leader but afraid of losing herself in his world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first published in 1977, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e described \u003ci\u003eProperty Of\u003c\/i\u003e as \"that precious commodity, the first novel of great promise.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn telling the story of a young outsider who is obsessed with her gang-leader lover but unwilling to commit to becoming one of \"the Property of the Orphans\"--the tough girls who belong to the boys on the avenue--Alice Hoffman explores hard truths about how difficult it is to love another, and yet how much more difficult it is to pull away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than two dozen works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eProperty Of\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the 1998 film of the same name, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543617999122,"sku":"9780374531836","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0379f89-5c5d-481f-9374-4afff6c65bdd.jpg?v=1731512189","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/property-of-9780374531836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}