{"product_id":"9781931883634","title":"My Heart Hemmed In","description":"Marie NDiaye has long been celebrated for her unrivaled ability to make us see just how little we understand about ourselves. \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e is her most powerful statement on the hidden selves that we rarely glimpse—and are often shocked by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is something very wrong with Nadia and her husband Ange, middle-aged provincial schoolteachers who slowly realize that they are despised by everyone around them. One day a savage wound appears in Ange's stomach, and as Nadia fights to save her husband's life their hideous neighbor Noget—a man everyone insists is a famous author—inexplicably imposes his care upon them. While Noget fattens them with ever richer foods, Nadia embarks on a nightmarish visit to her ex-husband and estranged son—is she abandoning Ange or revisiting old grievances in an attempt to save him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConjuring an atmosphere of paranoia and menace, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e creates a bizarre, foggy world where strange coincidences, harsh cruelty, and constantly shifting relationships all seem part of some shadowy truth. Surreal, allegorical, and psychologically acute, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e shows a masterful author giving her readers her most complex and compelling world yet.","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157441265904,"sku":"9781931883634","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931883634_p0.jpg?v=1763638719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931883634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}