{"product_id":"9781429923903","title":"The Bowl Is Already Broken: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA  big, rewarding novel about art, politics, family, terrorism, courage, and happiness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePromise Whittaker, the diminutive but decisive acting director of the National Museum of Asian Art, is pregnant again--and that's just the beginning of her difficulties. Her mentor, the previous director, suddenly walked away from his job with no explanation, and now is on a dig somewhere in the Taklamakan desert. Her favorite curator has dropped their newest treasure, a bowl once owned by Thomas Jefferson, during the ceremony celebrating its acquisition. Another colleague, desperate for a son, has been embezzling from the museum to pay for her fertility treatments. And her far too handsome, far too elusive ancillary director is clearly up to no good. \u003cbr\u003e Confronting challenge after challenge at work and at home, Promise is one of the most offbeat, original, winning characters in recent fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Bowl Is Already Broken\u003c\/i\u003e is all brains, all soul, and all heart--brimming with ideas, provocative, and deeply satisfying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153792975088,"sku":"9781429923903","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429923903_p0.jpg?v=1769901767","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429923903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}