{"product_id":"9780812995459","title":"A Small Indiscretion: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e will devour this page-turning literary debut about a harrowing coming-of-age and a marriage under siege from O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Delicious, lazy-day reading. Just don’t underestimate the writing.”—\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (Editor’s Pick)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Ellison is a tantalizing storyteller . . . moving her story forward with cinematic verve.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Rich with suspense . . . Lovely writing guides us through, driven by a quiet generosity.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e(Book Club Pick)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At nineteen, Annie Black abandons California for a London winter of drinking to oblivion and looking for love in the wrong places. Twenty years later, she is a happily married mother of three living in San Francisco. Then one morning, a photograph arrives in her mailbox, and an old obsession is awakened.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e After a return trip to London, Annie’s marriage falters, her store floods, and her son, Robbie, takes a night-time ride that nearly costs him his life. Now Annie must fight to save her family by untangling the mysteries of that reckless winter in Europe that drew an invisible map of her future.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With the brilliant pacing and emotional precision that won Jan Ellison an O. Henry Prize for her first published story, \u003ci\u003eA Small Indiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e announces a major new voice in suspense fiction as it unfolds a story of denial, obsession, love, forgiveness—and one woman’s reckoning with her own fateful mistakes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Small Indiscretion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rich and detailed . . . The plot explodes delightfully, with suspense and a few twists. Using second-person narration and hypnotic prose, Ellison’s debut novel is both juicy and beautifully written. How do I know it’s juicy? A stranger started reading it over my shoulder on the New York City subway, and told me he was sorry that I was turning the pages too quickly.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Are those wild college days ever really behind you? 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