{"product_id":"the-deceptions-9781640090248","title":"The Deceptions","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Gotham Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn explosive tale of art and myth, desire and betrayal, from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jill Bialosky \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething terrible has happened and I don't know what to do. \u003c\/i\u003eAn unnamed narrator's life is unraveling. Her only child has left home, and her twenty-year marriage is strained. Anticipation about her soon-to-be-released book of poetry looms. She seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As she passes her days teaching at a boys' prep school, spending her off-hours sequestered in the museum's austere galleries, she is haunted by memories of a yearlong friendship with a colleague, a fellow poet struggling with his craft. As secret betrayals and deceptions come to light and rage threatens to overwhelm her, the pantheon of gods assume remarkably vivid lives of their own, forcing her to choose between reality and myth in an effort to free herself from the patriarchal constraints of the past and embrace a new vision for her future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Deceptions\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning and seductively told exploration of female sexuality and ambition as well as a human drama that dares to test the stories we tell ourselves. It is also a brilliant investigation of a life caught between the dueling magnetic poles of privacy and its appropriation in art and literature. Celebrated poet, memoirist, and novelist Jill Bialosky has reached new and daring heights in her boldest work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJILL BIALOSKY\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six acclaimed collections of poetry, three critically acclaimed novels, and two memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eHistory of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry; The New Yorker; The Atlantic; Harper's Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Kenyon Review; Harvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She is executive editor and vice president at W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company. Her work has been a finalist for the James Laughlin Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the Books for a Better Life Awards. In 2014, she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to poetry. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387617186066,"sku":"9781640090248","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e0d8ee4-e291-459f-8a1c-55826b5ec061.jpg?v=1728881538","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-deceptions-9781640090248","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}