{"product_id":"the-age-of-desire-9780143123286","title":"The Age of Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey say that behind every great man is a great woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann--her governess turned literary secretary and confidante. At the age of forty-five, despite her growing fame\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Edith remains unfulfilled in a lonely, sexless marriage. Against all the rules of Gilded Age society, she falls in love with Morton Fullerton, a dashing young journalist. But their scandalous affair threatens everything in Edith's life--especially her abiding ties to Anna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At a moment of regained popularity for Wharton, Jennie Fields brilliantly interweaves Wharton's real letters and diary entries with her fascinating, untold love story. Told through the points of view of both Edith and Anna, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Desire \u003c\/i\u003etransports readers to the golden days of Wharton's turn-of-the century world and--like the recent bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Chaperone--\u003c\/i\u003eeffortlessly re-creates the life of an unforgettable woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennie Fields\u003c\/b\u003e received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLily Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Crossing Brooklyn Ferry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Middle \u003c\/i\u003eAges, she spent twenty-five years as an advertising creative director in New York and now lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869887664402,"sku":"9780143123286","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6178a51b-f78d-443a-a19d-5c61b3653dd3.jpg?v=1737775478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-age-of-desire-9780143123286","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}