{"product_id":"9781932859706","title":"A Field Guide to Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRed Audrey and the Roping\u003c\/i\u003e by Jill Malone:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Luminescent writing. . . . Finely tuned, daring, and perceptive, Malone’s auspicious debut leaves us wanting more.”—Whitney Scott, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lyrical, passionate novel about desire, about danger, and about the need for self-forgiveness. A wonderfully impressive writing debut.”—Sarah Waters, author of \u003ci\u003eTipping the Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“First-rate writing and characterization.”—Cecelia Martin, \u003ci\u003eDiva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Malone’s nonlinear novel jitterbugs through time and place—the splintered chronology is a rewarding challenge. . . . A dazzling and dramatic debut.”—Richard Labonté, BookMarks\/Q Syndicate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jill Malone’s second novel, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, nothing is as simple as it appears: community, notions of motherhood, the nature of goodness, nor even compelling love. Revelations are punctured and then revisited with deeper insight, alliances shift, and heroes turn anti-hero—and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her aunt’s death Claire Bernard loses her best companion, her livelihood, and her son’s co-parent. Malone’s smart, intriguing writing beguiles the reader into this taut, compelling story of a makeshift family and the reawakening of a past they’d hoped to outrun. Claire’s journey is the unifying tension in this book of layered and shifting alliances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Deception\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious novel filled with snappy dialogue, quick-moving and funny incidents, compelling characterizations, mysterious plot twists, and an unexpected climax. It is a rich, complex tale for literary readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Malone\u003c\/b\u003e’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eRed Audrey and the Roping\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Bywater Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bywater Books MI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058601115888,"sku":"9781932859706","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932859706_p0.jpg?v=1763640279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932859706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}