{"product_id":"9781480438330","title":"A Charmed Life: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA writer’s life is upended by her destructive ex-husband in this intensely personal novel by the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Group.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Former actress and budding playwright Martha Sinnott longs to recapture the “charmed life” she abandoned when she divorced her first husband. So she returns to her beloved New England artists’ colony with her second husband—and discovers that little has changed. The same people make up the same tightly knit society. Nevertheless, her eagerly anticipated homecoming does include some rude awakenings.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Martha’s arrogant ex, Miles, is dangerously close by, living with his new wife. The people Martha once counted among her closest friends have become also-rans and never-weres, unhappy and often resentful. And in this pervasive atmosphere of falsehoods and self-delusions, the biggest lie of all is Martha’s belief that her reunion with Miles won’t somehow wreak terrible havoc on all she holds dear.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by an author with “an icily honest eye and a glacial wit that make her portraits stingingly memorable,” \u003ci\u003eA Charmed Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a smart, mesmerizing portrait of love, marriage, and deception (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate.\u003c\/i\u003e ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173615452400,"sku":"9781480438330","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480438330_p0.jpg?v=1763619738","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480438330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}