{"product_id":"2940169063936","title":"Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER ¿ \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTHE HUFFINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e ¿ \u003c\/b\u003eFor fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, \u003ci\u003eAmong the Ten Thousand Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn't mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack's secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it's delivered into the wrong hands: her children's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can't possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life-their brittleness, and their resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAmong the Ten Thousand Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A luscious, smart summer novel . . . by a blazingly talented young author.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book is one of the funniest, and most emotionally honest, I've read in a long time.\"\u003cb\u003e-Jonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Obsessively compelling . . . emotionally sophisticated . . . \u003ci\u003eAmong the Ten Thousand Things\u003c\/i\u003e rises above [other novels] for its imagined structure, sentence-by-sentence punch, and pure humanity.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Gripping . . . Pierpont brings this family of four to life in sharply observed detail. . . . An acute observer of social comedy, Ms. Pierpont has a keen eye for the absurd.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Pierpont's language is heart-stopping. . . . Between Pierpont's literary finesse and her captivating characters, [\u003ci\u003eAmong the Ten Thousand Things\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like a page-turner.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (grade: A)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A twisty, gripping story-that packs an emotional wallop.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are going to be as many ingenious twists and turns in this literary novel as there are in a top-notch work of suspense like \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e-Maureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tender, delicately perceptive . . . Pierpont's voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pierpont displays a precocious gift for language and observation. . . . She captures the minutiae of loneliness that pushes us away from each other and sometimes brings us back.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100544057584,"sku":"2940169063936","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169063936_p0.jpg?v=1763670965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169063936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}