{"product_id":"among-the-ten-thousand-things","title":"Among the Ten Thousand Things","description":"\n  \u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Among the Ten Thousand Things \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781780748306 \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Julia Pierpont \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eRating:\u003c\/strong\u003e ⭐ 2.82 (10 ratings,  reviews) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost.  Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn’t mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack’s secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it’s delivered into the wrong hands: her children’s.   With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can’t possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life—their brittleness, and their resilience.","brand":"99bookscart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503120335062,"sku":"9781780748306","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/3978\/3382\/files\/111x148-bcc042a9c91a29c1d680899eff700a03_5acb1d67-5367-4146-aadf-bc6aa14fde2d.png?v=1764660644","url":"https:\/\/99bookscart.com\/products\/among-the-ten-thousand-things","provider":"99bookscart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}