{"product_id":"9780452281202","title":"The Evolution of Jane","description":"From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Love Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a playful and evocative exploration of the nature of friendship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Classy, intelligent fun.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix hundred miles off the Ecuadoran mainland, just south of the equator, the Galápagos Islands are home to diverse species of exotic wildlife--and tourists of every stripe and feather. It is here that Jane Barlow Schwartz embarks on a quest as urgent as Charles Darwin's one hundred and fifty years before: to find out why her childhood friendship with her cousin and soul-mate Martha ended; and what unknown event, family feud, or unintended slight caused the happiest part of her life to become extinct. Along the way, amid blue-footed boobies, red-lipped batfish, and various species mating, squabbling, separating, and coming together again, Jane ponders the origin of her own colorful and peculiar heritage, a secret history of natural selection, and the flawed and fascinating evolutionary process that makes us all who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Jane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force . . . witty. Consistently amusing and provocative . . . a great pleasure to read.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We should rejoice in a rare novel like \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Jane\u003c\/i\u003e. A beautifully descriptive travelogue of the Galápagos . . . wrapped around a rollicking family saga tinged with hints of sexual intrigue. Three cheers.\"--Barbara Kingsolver, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilariously rendered. In her smart, funny, and moving book, Schine weaves a tight bond between natural processes and human love, and reveals to us the spiritual metamorphosis that is life itself.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e  ","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013926895856,"sku":"9780452281202","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780452281202_p0.gif?v=1763705892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780452281202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}