{"product_id":"the-book-of-v-9781250798442","title":"The Book of V.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Hours \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Fates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment she's grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her life--along with the lives of others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEsther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncle's tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the King, in the hopes that she will save them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Anna Solomon's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of V.\u003c\/i\u003e, these three characters' riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how women's lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLeaving Lucy Pear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Bride\u003c\/i\u003e and a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e One Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003eand more. Coeditor with Eleanor Henderson of \u003ci\u003eLabor Day: True Birth Stories by Today's Best Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, Solomon was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520488673554,"sku":"9781250798442","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96b566ca-6508-4112-b2c7-756332333f47.jpg?v=1731085190","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-v-9781250798442","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}