{"product_id":"the-wife-9780743456661","title":"The Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Glenn Close in her Golden Globe-winning role!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's most beloved books--an \"acerbically funny\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"intelligent...portrait of deception\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they've kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, The Helsinki Prize, to honor his career as one of America's preeminent novelists. Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, finally decides to stop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImportant and ambitious, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp-eyed and compulsively readable story about a woman forced to confront the sacrifices she's made in order to achieve the life she thought she wanted. \"A rollicking, perfectly pitched triumph...Wolitzer's talent for comedy of manners reaches a heady high\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), in this wise and candid look at the choices all men and women make--in marriage, work, and life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolitzer, Meg:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Meg Wolitzer's novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Female Persuasion; Sleepwalking; This Is Your Life; Surrender, Dorothy;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Position.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in New York City.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615277617426,"sku":"9780743456661","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_63db6ea4-7ab0-4cca-bf92-70cefa83aee9.jpg?v=1732480617","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wife-9780743456661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}