{"product_id":"9781429972628","title":"Losing It: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes those who have the most seem bent on throwing it away. Meet Bob Sterling, a comfortable middle-aged professor, a specialist in the life of Edgar Allan Poe, married to a former student with whom he has a young son. In the space of a week his family, marriage, home, career, sanity, and life are brought to the brink of ruin in the aftermath of a trip he makes with a student, the intense young poet Sienna Chu, who brings to life Bob's long-harbored sexual fetish. Add to the mix the misadventures of his wife's mentally failing mother and Sienna's explosive techno-junkie roommate, and you have Alan Cumyn's strikingly accomplished novel \u003ci\u003eLosing It\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether describing an Alzheimer sufferer, a fetishist, a twisted poet, or a young mother whose life is suddenly spinning out of control, Cumyn reveals the eccentric sub-surfaces of our lives. Poignant, gritty, and tantalizingly erotic, \u003ci\u003eLosing It\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-wire act that plays out as an irresistible blend of darkness and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127327703280,"sku":"9781429972628","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429972628_p0.jpg?v=1769902601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429972628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}