{"product_id":"9780812995237","title":"Among the Ten Thousand Things","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 • \u003cb\u003eFeatures an exclusive conversation between Julia Pierpont and Lena Dunham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129564283120,"sku":"9780812995237","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812995237_p0.jpg?v=1763745161","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812995237","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}